Digital Ethics—Research & Practice

This collection of essays surveys perspectives on both research and all-around ethics in online or digital environments. The essays are organized into four sections on research ethics, digital ethics in practice, subversive use of online space, and emerging issues in digital ethics. The essays include examinations of public data collection, disclosing sensitive materials online, citizen journalism, sexting, piracy, and the moral risks of gamification. The contributors are mostly professors of communication and journalism. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Don Heider (PhD University of Colorado, Boulder) is the Dean of the School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago and founder of the Center for Digital Ethics and Policy. He is an award-winning journalist and teacher who has done extensive research in virtual worlds. He is the author/editor of several books including Living Virtually: Researching New Worlds (Peter Lang, 2008).
Adrienne L. Massanari (PhD University of Washington) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is co-editor of Critical Cyberculture Studies: Current Terrains, Future Directions (2006). Her research interests include the social and cultural impacts of new media, information architecture and user-centered design, and youth culture.