This book contains: Chapter I Central Issues in the Ethics of Digital Media. This chapter introduces us to some of the characteristics of digital media that give rise to both familiar and novel ethical challenges. Chapter II Privacy in the Electronic Global Metropolis? This chapter addresses the challenges to modern Western notions of individual privacy presented by contemporary digital media, most especially networked communications media such as the Internet the Web. Chapter III Copying and Diigital Media: Copyright, Copyleft, Global Perspectives. Chapter IV Friendship, Democracy, and Citizen Journalism. Chapter V Still More Ethical Issues: Digital Sex and Games. This chapter takes up two of the most likely topics of digital media ethics: pornography online and violence in video games. Chapter VI Digital Media Ethics: Overview, Frameworks, Reseorces. This chapter introduces and illustrates by way of several examples the fameworks applied in the topics chapter (2-5). //ir
