Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds: A Book About Technology and Ethics -

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The A-to-Z source on cyberethics—the responsible use of technology! What is safe and responsible behavior for using the Internet? Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds: A Book About Technology and Ethics provides a comprehensive look at the innovative—and sometimes unscrupulous—world of rapidly evolving technology and the people who use it. This encyclopedic source helps even the... Read more

The A-to-Z source on cyberethics—the responsible use of technology!

What is safe and responsible behavior for using the Internet? Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds: A Book About Technology and Ethics provides a comprehensive look at the innovative—and sometimes unscrupulous—world of rapidly evolving technology and the people who use it. This encyclopedic source helps even the most technology-challenged understand various facets relating to the use and misuse of technology in today’s society. Topics are organized A-to-Z for easy reference, with selections chosen because of historical importance, present relevance, and the likelihood of future impact. Privacy, security, censorship, and much, much more are discussed in detail to reveal the ethical complexities of each issue.

Harmful and illegal cyber behavior can manifest quickly in several ways in today’s digital world. Keeping up with the shifts and advances in technology, its applications, and how it affects you can be difficult. Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds reviews the latest trends in computer technology and the impact it has on the way we live. This extensive book provides easy-to-understand explanations of tech terms, while clearly examining the current ethical issues surrounding different aspects of technology and its use in positive or destructive actions. Discussions include issues concerning general use, business, entertainment, multimedia development, and education.

The broad range of ethical topics in Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds includes:

advertising in school
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its impact upon technology in schools
blogging and free speech
bride scams
video voyeurism
censorship and filtering
cheating in school using technology
Child Online Protection Act
Child Pornography Prevention Act (CPPA)
computer addiction
crackers, lamers, and phreaks
cyberbullying
cyberchondriacs
disinhibition
domain hijacking
Online auction fraud
elder care and technology
Google Bombing
identity theft
pornography
media and cognitive development
movie duplication
sharing audio files
online gambling
pyramid schemes
the Patriot Act
phishing
podcasting
Project Gutenberg
RFID tracking
spyware
technolust
Trojan horses and viruses
much, much more!

Cybersins and Digital Good Deeds is a perfect at-your-fingertips source for questions you may have on the jargon and the ethical use or misuse of technology. This book is perfect for business people; high school, public, and academic librarians; library science professors, education professors, students, or anyone needing clarification of issues related to technology and information ethics. Read less

Introduction
Absent Presence
Advertising at School
AMBER Alert
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Its Impact upon Technology in Schools
Blogging—A Tool for Education and Free Speech
Bride Scams
Camcorders, Surveillance, and Video Voyeurism
Cell Phone Rage
Cell Phones and Driving
Cell Yell
Censorship and Filtering
Cheating at School Using Cell Phone Cameras
Child Online Protection Act and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Child Pornography Prevention Act
Children’s Internet Protection Act
Computer Addiction
Computer Security
Crackers, Lamers, and Phreaks
Creating an Identity in a Chat Room
Cyberbullying
Cyberchondriacs
Disinformation
Disinhibition
Distance Learning Content Sharing
Distributed Computing
Doctor-Patient Relationships
Domain Hijacking
DRM
eBay and Online Auction Fraud
Elder Care and Technology
E-Mail Addresses and Privacy
Encryption
E-Waste
File Swapping
Firewall
Flame Wars
Flash Mobs
Google Bombing
Google Book Search
Google Stalking
GPS and Privacy
Hackers, Crackers, and Hacking
Hacktivism
Hoaxes
Identity Theft and the Internet
Internet Pornography
Internet User Agreement and the Library
Keystroke Logging
Logging On As an Administrator
Logo Abuse
Marketing to Children
Media and Cognitive Development
Modern Luddites
Monitoring Employees’ Internet Use
Movie Duplication
Media Manipulation
Napster
Network Ubiquity
$100 MIT Laptop
Online Gambling
Online Protests
Online Pyramid Schemes
Patriot Act
Phishing
Phreaking
Plagiarism
Podcasting
Privacy and the Internet
Project Guttenberg
RFID
Scare Chains
Script Kiddies
Slander, Libel, and Technology
Social Engineering
Spam
Splogs
Spoofing
Spyware or Adware
Steganography
Surfer’s Voice
Sympathy Hoaxes
Technology and Knowledge Management
Technolust
Trojan Horses
Turnitin.com
Typosquatting
Virtual Offices
Viruses and Virus Protection
Warchalking
Watching Over Children with High-Tech Tools
Wiki
Wireless Computers and Security
Worm
Index

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James Van Roekel, MaryAnn Bell, Bobby Ezell

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