In a world that is awash in ubiquitous technology, even the least tech-savvy know that we must take care how that technology affects individuals and society. It is an exploration of how to ensure digital technology is for everyone by everyone. The readings are grouped into five parts technological journey, process of development, digital technology products, digital ethics education and future prospects. It highlights the lessons learnt and those still to be learnt.
It teases out the ethical and social impacts of technological development and application. The book explores this paradox through an anthology written over twenty five years. This amazing technology has the potential to empower, to connect and to include but alas this is not always the case as, at times, it restricts, excludes and divides. Book 1: The Evolving Landscape of Ethical Digital Technologyĭigital Technology is now part of everyday life – it was not always so. The trilogy’s three interrelated perspectives provide a unique holistic view of how society is becoming increasingly dependent on digital technology and how this dependency must be managed to ensure societally positive rather than societally negative outcomes. The key message is that digital ethics should underpin and indeed drive the development and use of digital technology.
The contrasting approaches in the three books allow access to this landscape by everyone academics, practitioners and the public at large, regardless of age. It explores the landscape of digital technology from a social-impact perspective. As such it is a ground-breaking synthesis drawing on a plethora of historical evidence while firmly focused on the future. It is the product of the author’s research stretching back to 1995.
The Ethical Digital Technology Trilogy consists of three titles ( Imagine! Ethical Digital Technology for Everyone, Ethical Digital Technology in Practiceand The Evolving Landscape of Ethical Digital Technology) and is authored by Professor Simon Rogerson. Technology Ethics: The Ethical Digital Technology Trilogy
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