Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

5. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4471-4989-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Texts in Computer Science

This new edition examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges stemming from computing and telecommunication technology, and mobile information-enabling devices.

Features: establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativism; offers pertinent discussions on privacy, surveillance, employee monitoring, biometrics, civil liberties, harassment, the digital divide, and discrimination; examines the new ethical, cultural and economic realities of computer social networks; reviews issues of property rights, responsibility and accountability relating to IT and software; discusses how virtualization technology informs ethical behavior; introduces the frontiers of ethics in VR, AI, and the Internet; surveys the social, moral and ethical value systems in mobile telecommunications; explores the evolution of electronic crime, network security, and computer forensics; provides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion in every chapter.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kizza, Joseph Migga

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Philosophie der Technik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie der Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

History of Computing.- Morality and the Law.- Ethics and Ethical Analysis.- Ethics and the Professions.- Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties.- Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology.- Social Context of Computing.- Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities.- Computer Crimes.- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Artificial Intelligence.- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Virtualization and Virtual Reality.- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Cyberspace and Online Social Networks.- Ethical, Privacy and Security Issues in the Social Network EcoSystems.- Mobile Systems and Intractable Social, Ethical and Security Issues.- Computer Crime Investigations – Computer Forensics.- Biometrics.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Joseph Migga Kizza is Professor and Director of the Center for Information Security and Assurance at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA. He is also the author of the successful Springer title Guide to Computer Network Security, now into its second edition.