Screen LibraryA philosopher looks at digital communication /
"The ethics of communication is distinctive because communication includes a huge, complex and diverse range of activities that penetrate and shape every part of human life. All communication requires at least two parties -an originator and a recipient, or multiple originators and recipients-wh...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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A philosopher looks at
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| Summary: |
"The ethics of communication is distinctive because communication includes a huge, complex and diverse range of activities that penetrate and shape every part of human life. All communication requires at least two parties -an originator and a recipient, or multiple originators and recipients-who must have specific and linkable capacities to satisfy and to recognise the many technical, ethical and epistemic standards that bear on communication"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 139 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108986816 1108986811 |
| Index Number: | TK5105 |
| CLC: | TP393.4-05 |
| Call Number: | TP393.4-05/O587 |
| Contents: |
Complex communication -- Presuppositions of communication ; Accessibility, intelligibility and assessability ; Widening accessibility: Spreading the word ; The wider context -- Acts and content, norms and harms. Speech acts and speech content ; Norms or harms? ; Private harms ; Public harms ; Norms and standards for communicating -- Communication and new technologies. Norms and practical judgement ; Ancient norms for communication ; Socrates' warning ; Readers, listeners and viewers -- Digital hopes. The promise of connectivity ; 'Breaking' the intermediaries ; Misgiving and criticisms ; Intermediaries and democracy -- Norms and standards in a connected world -- Duties and rights 1 : freedom of expression ; Rights before duties: Historical sketch ; The turn to rights: Freedom of expression ; Communication or expression? ; Circumstances alter cases ; Private and public harms -- Duties and rights 2 : rights to privacy. Privacy overview ; The point of privacy ; Data protection and 'personal information' ; Personal and sensitive information ; Informed consent and personal data ; Privacy in practice -- Politics and connectivity -- Power and anonymity. A turning point ; A profusion of proposals ; Accountable communication and anonymity ; States and corporations, customers and users ; Anonymity and privacy ; Anonymity and democracy ; Intermediaries again: Old and new ; Platforms and publishers ; Limiting anonymity, extending accountability. |