Communication Ethics in an Online Age
Understanding Social Media Ecology
Communication Ethics in an Online Age
Understanding Social Media Ecology
Description
Kati E. Sudnick and Matthew P. Mancino present a theoretical pathway for understanding media ecology and virtue ethics in the virtual space of a postmodern age.
Starting from McLuhan's premise that electronic media expands the human central nervous system into the universe, Sudnick and Mancino dissect the origins and functions of social media and examine recurring themes such as community and isolation; security and insecurity; identity, anonymity, and selfhood; and social boundaries to better understand the unintended consequences of using this variegated medium as a central means of human interaction.
In using virtue ethics as its primary analytical lens, this book goes beyond simply identifying the impact of social media on human interaction to unpack the broader implications of these effects and emphasize their influence on the human condition as we continue to navigate an online world.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Understanding the Web: The Origins and Functions of Social Media
1. The Origins, Development, and Communicative Environment of the Internet
2. The World Wide Web: Understanding the Social Media of Today
Part II: Exploring Social Media Extremes: Discerning Online Golden Means
3. Community and Isolation: No Sense of Bowling Together
4. Security and Insecurity: Creepy Utopias in a Digital Risk Society
5. Selfhood, Bots, and Catfish: Identity and Anonymity Online
6. Sharing is Caring? Blurring the Personal and Corporate Online
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index
Product details
| Published | 21 Jan 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 184 |
| ISBN | 9798216252887 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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