(Ebook) Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age (4th Edition) by Joseph Migga Kizza ISBN 9781849960373, 9781849960380, 1849960372, 1849960380

(Ebook) Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age (4th Edition) by Joseph Migga Kizza ISBN 9781849960373, 9781849960380, 1849960372, 1849960380

Ethical
dilemmas have risen in number and intensity with the increasing
dependence of contemporary society on computers and computer networks.
Despite the proliferation of expert remedies, viable solutions to
computer security issues remain too elusive, and society continues to
suffer at the hands of cyber criminals, vandals, and hackers.

This thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition of the successful Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age provides
an up-to-date examination of the ethical, social, and policy challenges
stemming from the emergence of cyberspace, the convergence of
telecommunication and computing technologies, and the miniaturization of
computing, telecommunication, and information-enabling devices. This
accessible textbook/reference broadly surveys thought-provoking
questions about the impact of these new technologies, with particular
emphasis on the rapid growth of a multitude of computer networks,
including the Internet. It assumes only a very modest familiarity with
basic computer literacy.

Topics and features:

• Describes how changes in information technology influence morality and the law

• Establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativism (NEW)

• Offers a pertinent discussion on privacy, surveillance, civil liberties, harassment, and discrimination

• Supplies an overview of the history of computing science in hardware, software, and networking (NEW)

• Examines how developments in information technology have changed the traditional issues of intellectual property rights

• Surveys the evolution of computer crimes, their types, costs on
society, and strategies of detection and prevention, as well as
techniques in electronic crime investigation

• Discusses the new frontiers of ethics: virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the Internet

• Reviews the new realities of computer networks, and their implications for global ethics, culture, and economics (NEW)

• Introduces the fundamentals of network-security system design and
operation, revealing vulnerable areas in computer network infrastructure

• Explores biometric techniques to system access control

• Incorporates recent requirements for computer curricula

• Provides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion with every chapter

This comprehensive text/reference provides updated discussion of the
ethical and social issues that continue to evolve as computing and
information technologies proliferate. Students at all levels who need to
learn about computer ethics, the legal aspects of computing, network
security, computer crime investigation, and biometrics will find this
well-documented work an invaluable resource. The book is also highly
useful for practitioners needing such insights for their work.