Controversies in digital ethics

Controversies in Digital Ethics explores ethical frameworks within digital culture. Through a combination of theoretical examination and specific case studies, the essays in this volume provide a vigorous examination of ethics in a highly individualistic and mediated world. Focusing on specific controversies-privacy, surveillance, identity politics, participatory culture-the authors in this volume provide a roadmap for navigating the thorny ethical issues in new media. Paul Booth and Amber Davisson bring together multiple writers working from different theoretical traditions to represent the multiplicity of ethics in the 21st century. Each essay has been chosen to focus on a particular issue in contemporary ethical thinking in order to both facilitate classroom discussion and further scholarship in digital media ethics. Accessible for students, but with a robust analysis providing contemporary scholarship in media ethics, this collection unites theory, case studies, and practice within one volume."--Publisher's description

Introduction to controversies in digital ethics / Amber Davisson and Paul Booth -- Little brother: how big data necessitates an ethical shift from privacy to power / J.J. Sylvia IV -- "The classroom is NOT a sacred space": revisiting citizen journalism and surveillance in the digital classroom / Mary Grace Antony and Ryan J. Thomas -- Passing around women's bodies online: identity, privacy, and free speech on Reddit / Amber Davisson -- Freedom, democracy, power, irony: the ethics of information and networked fourth estate / Ryan Gillespie -- Programs or people? Participation and the ethics of hacktivism / Brett Lunceford -- Just war craft: virtue ethics and DotA / Matthew Pittman and Tom Bivins -- Between ethics, privacy, fandom, and social media: new trajectories that challenge media producer/fan relations / Lucy Bennett, Bertha Chin, Bethan Jones -- "Rogue" advertising in the digital age: creative reputation building or industry irresponsibility / Michelle A. Amazeen and Susan A. O'Sullivan-Gavin -- "Steve Jobs is dead": iReport and the ethos of citizen journalism / Shane Tilton -- Perfectly "compliant": The devaluation of ethics in corporate communication industry discourse / S…