Ethics in the Digital Domain

""Robert Fortner has written a deep, humane book for an increasingly dehumanized world, challenging digital citizens to act responsibly. Fortner addresses the urgent issues of Artificial Intelligence, social media, and virtual reality-and answers clearly why we should bother with digital ethics."" --Stephen J. A. Ward, Distinguished Lecturer in Ethics, University of British Columbia, Canada ""Ethics in the Digital Domain is an uncanny snapshot of the Janus-like nature of the digital world. Robert S. Fortner covers the benefits and convenience of the digital landscape and uncovers the sinister side of the wide world of ones and zeroes. Fortner provides a crucial call to think deeply and critically about the ethics of casual and deliberate use of all things digital in the world of media, medicine, political science, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and the humanities. The work is a useful textbook for users and creators of the digital world, and a breezy read for readers who wonder what tomorrow holds."" --Michael Ray Smith, Chair and Professor of Global Business and Public Engagement, LCC International University, Lithuania ""Robert Fortner approaches difficult topics of ethics, morals, and meaning with a fresh interpretation of today's newest and most complicated technologies and contexts. Readable prose prompts critical thinking and links concepts clearly and profoundly. This book is grounded in social theory and everyday practice to stimulate questions and provide needed answers."" --Jarice Hanson, Professor Emerita, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA ""Ethics in the Digital Domain challenges us to question how we make our ways through our mediated world. Here is a resource for humane living, one that is engaging, reliable, timely, and important."" --John P. Ferré, Professor of Communication, University of Louisville, USA