Description
Book SynopsisThe A-to-Z source on cyberethicsthe 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 innovativeand sometimes unscrupulousworld 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 todayâs 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 todayâs digital world. Keeping up with the shifts and advances in technology, its applications, and how it affects you can be di
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Absent Presence
- Advertising at School
- AMBER Alert
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Its Impact upon Technology in Schools
- BloggingA 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
