Philosophical perspectives on computer-mediated communication

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"The rush to the Information Superhighway and the transition to an Information Age have enormous political, ethical, and religious consequences. The essays collected here develop both interdisciplinary and international perspectives on privacy, critical thinking and literacy, democratization, gender, religion, and the very nature of the revolution promised in cyberspace. These essays are essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand and reflect upon these events and issues."--Jack…

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Full title :Philosophical perspectives on computer-mediated communication / edited, with an introduction by Charles Ess.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1996.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
Place of Publication:Albany
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1996.

The Physical Object

Description:vi, 319 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0791428710, 9780791428719, 0791428729, 9780791428726
oclc:ocm32510731
LC Classification:TK5105.6
Dewey Decimal:302.23

1. Epistemology and semiotics -- Discourse across links / David Kolb -- Mediated phosphor dots : toward a post-Cartesian model of CMC via the semiotic superhighway / Gary Shank and Donald Cunningham -- 2. Ethics, gender, and politics -- Privacy, respect for persons, and risk / Dag Elgesem -- Pseudonyms, mailbots, and virtual letterheads : the evolution of computer-mediated ethics / Peter Danielson -- Intellectual property futures : the paper club and the digital commons / John Lawrence -- Posting in a different voice : gender and ethics in CMC / Susan Herring -- "This is not our fathers' pornography" : sex, lies, and computers / Carol J. Adams -- Power online : a poststructuralist perspective on CMC / Sunh-Hee Yoon -- The political computer : democracy, CMC, and Habermas / Charles Ess -- 3. Impacts and implications for religious authority, communities, and beliefs -- The unknown god of the Internet : religious communication from the ancient agora to the virtual forum / Stephen D. O'Leary and Brenda E. Brasher -- Sacred text in the sea of texts : the Bible in North American electronic culture / Phil Mullins.

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Communication -- Anthropologie Computer Communication Networks Computer networks Computer networks -- Social aspects Computernetwerken Filosofische aspecten Internet -- Aspect social Ordinateurs et civilisation Réseaux d'ordinateurs Réseaux d'ordinateurs -- Aspect social Telecommunicatie Telematics Telematics -- Social aspects Télématique Télématique -- Aspect social Tetics