Computer Ethics - Rilegato

Plotkin, Robert

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 081607755X ISBN 13: 9780816077557

Casa editrice: Facts on File, 2011

Riassunto

Written works, music, videos, and other content on the Internet are easily accessible to the general public, but is it considered ethically permissible to access, copy, and redistribute them? Is it right to look at someone else's documents on a home or school computer just because they are not protected by password? Are there ethical problems with using a false identity in an Internet chat room, or behaving in a way that one would not consider acting in the "real" world? What about using a photograph from the Internet in a research paper without giving credit to the photographer, even if using that photo constitutes fair use and does not violate the law? Computer Ethics explores these questions and more, enabling students to differentiate between what is legally permissible and what is ethical in the context of computers and the Internet.

Chapters include:

• Privacy: Does It Exist Online?
• Security: Challenges in the Information Society
• Anonymity: Advantages and Dangers of Anonymous Communication
• Virtual Worlds: Living Inside Your Computer
• Professional Ethics: When Is the Programmer Responsible?
• Copying: Does Ease of Copying Make It Right?
• Speech: The Internet as Library, Newspaper, Television, and Beyond
• Netiquette: Adding Formality to an Informal Medium.

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Computers, Internet, and Society is a timely series that investigates the impact that computers and technology have on society and the directions that this will go as technology continues to advance at a significant rate. Titles in the series explain the history of the relevant computer technology, what such technology can do today, and how it works, along with how computers interact with human behavior in a particular social context. This series also encourages readers to develop socially responsible attitudes and behaviors in their roles as computer users and future developers of computer technology.

This new series is perfect for technology students or general readers wanting to learn more about the internet.

· This title features full-color photographs and line illustrations.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Facts on File
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 081607755X
• ISBN 13: 9780816077557
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 188
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile