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More About This Title Pandora's Box - Social and Professional Issues ofthe Information Age
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Using case studies and discussion topics drawn from entertaining real world examples, Pandora’s Box examines the background of a wide range of vital contemporary issues, encouraging readers to examine the social, legal and ethical challenges they will face in their own careers.
Written in an engaging style and packed with international examples, this book addresses topics which have come to the forefront of public consciousness in recent years, such as online crime, piracy and peer to peer file sharing. Comprehensive coverage is provided of digital entertainment, censorship and privacy issues, presenting a rich source of context in which to consider ethical matters.
Suitable for students on computer science degree programmes, as well as those taking IT related modules on other courses which consider the impact of technology on 21st century living, Pandora’s Box is an essential read and a unique and timely textbook.
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1 Introduction 1
Lessig's Four Modalities Analysis 6
Prophet and Loss: Failing to Foresee the Future 7
Information System Partition 8
The Law is an Ass 10
Globalization 12
The Digital Divide 13
Servant or Master: Computers Making Decisions 15
2 Emergence and Convergence of Technologies 21
Introduction 21
Emergence 23
Convergence 39
The Big Challenges Ahead 55
3 Digital Entertainment 61
Introduction 61
The Effects of Digital Entertainment Technology 64
Health-Related Issues 69
Power to the Player—Benefits of Computer Games 84
4 Censorship and Freedom of Speech 97
Introduction 97
Censorship by States 101
Censorship by Private Actors 111
Technology for Expression 114
5 Sex and Technology 131
Introduction 131
The Nature of Sexual Material 132
Regulating Sex in Cyberspace 149
Not in Front of the Children: Protecting Children from Sex Online 152
Child Pornography 161
6 Governance of the Internet 175
Introduction 175
The Root of All Evil 185
Commercialization, Ownership and Corporate Identity 189
The Future of Internet Governance 204
7 Privacy and Surveillance 211
Introduction 211
Communication Technology and Eavesdropping 215
Data Protection 222
Big Brother is Watching You: Automated CCTV Processing 231
Privacy After 9/11 234
Technological Privacy and Surveillance 235
8 Information Age Warfare 243
Introduction 243
History of Warfare 245
The Technology of War 248
The Battlefield 258
Information Dominance 263
9 Technology and The Human Body 273
Introduction 273
Health Information Systems 275
Power to the Patient 283
Online Body Trafficking 291
Techno-Medicine 292
New Medical Technologies 309
10 Professionalism In IT 323
Introduction 323
Conduct 327
Practice 333
Whistleblowing 334
Due Diligence 338
Personal Responsibility 340
11 Online Crime and Real Punishment 345
Introduction 345
Malware 351
Computer Security: Cops and Robbers, Poachers and Gamekeepers 363
Laws Against Computer Misuse 387
The Growing Problem of Computer Crime 395
12 Patents and Copyright 401
Introduction 401
Intellectual Property? 402
The Philosophical Basis of Patents and Copyright 404
Patents 406
Copyright 419
Copyright and the Architecture of Cyberspace 449
Free Culture 449
13 Unwanted Electronic Attentions 457
Introduction 457
Types of Unsolicited Communication 459
Types of Communication Media 461
The Economics of Unsolicited Contacts 470
Malicious Unwanted Attentions 494
14 Education and Online Learning 505
Introduction 505
From the Chalkboard to the Virtual Classroom 507
Developing E-Learning Environments 513
Developing and Embracing e-Learning Resources 526
Accessibility of Education in a Wired World 533
Cheating the System 535
15 Living and Working in a Wired World 545
Introduction 545
The Digital Lifestyle 547
Technology and the Individual 563
Communication 565
The Digital Divide 574
Appendix—Ethical Analysis 583
Introduction 583
Traditional Western Moral Philosophy 584
Modern Ethical Theory 589
Computer Ethics 591
Conclusion 596
Discussion Topics 597
Related Reading 607
Index 609
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James Burke
‘This book provides a breath of fresh air in the subject... with numerous examples. Further, it provides a nice link between ethical behaviour, professionalism and the law’
Karl Jones, Liverpool John Moores University
