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Dynamic traditions: why globalization does not mean homogenization

Richard Volkman

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 4 (3):145-154 (2006)

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Online cultural imperialism: Is it an ethical issue?John Weckert & Yeslam Al-Saggaf - 2003 - Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 1 (1):21-29.details Recently two reports appeared in the press, each of which expressed a very different attitude towards intellectual property. One, in the Australian press, discusses a bill before the US House of Representatives that would “give American copyright holders freedom to hack PCs used to illicitly share files over peer‐to‐peer networks, without fear of prosecution or litigation”. That this represents a fairly strong view of the importance of intellectual property can be seen further as the report continues. Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
The computer revolution and the problem of global ethics.Krystyna Gorniak-Kocikowska - 1996 - Science and Engineering Ethics 2 (2):177-190.details The author agrees with James Moor that computer technology, because it is ‘logically malleable’, is bringing about a genuine social revolution. Moor compares the computer revolution to the ‘industrial revolution’ of the late 18th and the 19th centuries; but it is argued here that a better comparison is with the ‘printing press revolution’ that occurred two centuries before that. Just as the major ethical theories of Bentham and Kant were developed in response to the printing press revolution, so a new (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 23 citations
Online communities versus offline communities in the Arab/Muslim world.Yeslam Al-Saggaf & Mohamed M. Begg - 2004 - Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 2 (1):41-54.details There is a major transformation taking place in the Arab and Muslim worlds. People in these nations are poised on the edge of a significant new social landscape. Called the Internet, this new frontier not only includes the creation of new forms of private communication, like electronic mail and chat, but also webbased forums, which for the first time enables public discussion between males and females in conservative societies. This paper has been written as a result of an ethnographic study (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 2 citations
The problems of global cultural homogenisation in a technologically dependant world.N. Ben Fairweather & Simon Rogerson - 2003 - Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 1 (1):7-12.details Global cultural homogenisation has significant consequences for our responsibility for others in distant parts of the globe. ICT gives a powerful impetus to this cultural homogenisation. There are a number of distinct elements that contribute to this. Download Export citation Bookmark 4 citations
The computer revolution and the problem of global ethics.Professor Krystyna Gorniak-Kocikowska - 1996 - Science and Engineering Ethics 2 (2):177-190.details The author agrees with James Moor that computer technology, because it is ‘logically malleable’, is bringing about a genuine social revolution. Moor compares the computer revolution to the ‘industrial revolution’ of the late 18th and the 19th centuries; but it is argued here that a better comparison is with the ‘printing press revolution’ that occurred two centuries before that. Just as the major ethical theories of Bentham and Kant were developed in response to the printing press revolution, so a new (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 12 citations

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