Understanding Digital Responsibilities

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4978-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

How can we make the digital world safer, more responsible and accountable?

This innovative book offers an original framework for understanding digital responsibility, blending insights from law, technology and policy. Through a series of case studies showcasing work from early career researchers, it highlights the diverse groups, values and governance challenges shaping digital environments across jurisdictions. From crafting effective policies to designing ethical digital products, this book equips policy makers, practitioners and academics with the tools to minimise harm and enhance accountability and responsibility in the digital age.

This is a vital resource for navigating the complexities of digital responsibility in a pluralistic, globalised world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coles-Kemp, Lizzie

Burdon, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten: Wissenschaft, Technologie, Medizin
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Rechtliche Aspekte der EDV

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introducing Digital Responsibilities

1. Why Digital Responsibilities?

2. Responsibility Frames and Digital Responsibilities Framework

Part 2: Digital Policy Challenges

3. Digital Safety Debates and Regulatory Environments

4. The Digital Turn in Migration (Evan Easton-Calabria)

5. Digital Census and the Kurdish Community Self-Organisation (Iida Käykhö)

Part 3: Understanding Digital Responsibilities

6. Lessons Learned

7. Understanding Digital Responsibilities

Über Autor(innen)

Lizzie Coles-Kemp is Professor of Information Security at the Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London.

Mark Burdon is Professor of Law at Queensland University of Technology.