The New Frontier: Global Information Ethics as a Foundation for Global Communication Ethics

Edward Spence

The New Frontier: Global Information Ethics as a Foundation for Global Communication Ethics

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Abstract

To borrow a term from Luciano Floridi, we now live in the infosphere. At last count (December 2010) approximately 2 billion people worldwide (one third of the world's population) use the internet. The primary aim of this paper is to present a conceptual framework that provides a new way of examining and evaluating the ongoing transformations wrought by the digitalisation of information in its multiple uses and communications. Specifically, this conceptual framework will allow examining and evaluating the ethics of the ongoing convergence of old and new media at the fundamental level of the ethics of information. I will show how this model can be operationalised to evaluate the impact of this convergence and its implications for the social well-being (the good life) of society.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ambiguous Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	Philosophical Issues, Practical Solutions, Human Nature
Editors	Elizabeth A. Buchanan, Paul B. de Laat, Jenny Klucharich, Herman T. Tavani
Place of Publication	Lisbon
Publisher	The International Society of Ethics and Information Technology
Pages	314-329
Number of pages	16
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	Annual Conference of Computer Ethics and Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2013) - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 01 Jul 2013 → 03 Jul 2013

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Conference	Annual Conference of Computer Ethics and Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2013)
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	01/07/13 → 03/07/13

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Spence, Edward. / The New Frontier : Global Information Ethics as a Foundation for Global Communication Ethics. Ambiguous Technologies: Philosophical Issues, Practical Solutions, Human Nature. editor / Elizabeth A. Buchanan ; Paul B. de Laat ; Jenny Klucharich ; Herman T. Tavani. Lisbon : The International Society of Ethics and Information Technology, 2013. pp. 314-329

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The New Frontier: Global Information Ethics as a Foundation for Global Communication Ethics. / Spence, Edward.
Ambiguous Technologies: Philosophical Issues, Practical Solutions, Human Nature. ed. / Elizabeth A. Buchanan; Paul B. de Laat; Jenny Klucharich; Herman T. Tavani. Lisbon: The International Society of Ethics and Information Technology, 2013. p. 314-329.

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