Part 1 I The Information Superhighway: Toward a Morality of Information? Chapter 2 Shaping the Web: Why the Politics of Search Engines Matter Chapter 3 Reliance and Reliability: The Problem of Information on the Internet Chapter 4 Do Hackers Provide a Public Service? Part 5 II Social Bonds: Stronger or Weaker? Chapter 6 The Impact of the Internet on Civic Life: An Early Assessment Chapter 7 The Internet and Civil Society Chapter 8 Social Capital and the Net Chapter 9 The Cosmopolitan Project: Does the Internet Have a Global Public Face?
Verna V. Gehring is editor at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, and editor of Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly.
We have all been holding our breath to see what effect the
explosive developments in information technology would have on
society and culture. This helpful and compact book gives us a
standpoint and a bearing on what has happened. The authors have
carefully looked at what’s out there. They have also had the
courage to consider what is most important—our moral condition and
our sense of community.
*Albert Borgmann, The University of Montana; author of Real
American Ethics; author of Holding on to Reality (1999)*
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
