More than just friends? Facebook, disclosive ethics and the morality of technology

Light, BA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0038-8979, McGrath, K and Griffiths, M 2008, More than just friends? Facebook, disclosive ethics and the morality of technology , in: International Conference on Information Systems, 2008.

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Abstract

Social networking sites have become increasingly popular destinations for people wishing to chat, play games, make new friends or simply stay in touch. Furthermore, many organizations have been quick to grasp the potential they offer for marketing, recruitment and economic activities. Nevertheless, counterclaims depict such spaces as arenas where deception, social grooming and the posting of defamatory content flourish. Much research in this area has focused on the ends to which people deploy the technology, and the consequences arising, with a view to making policy recommendations and ethical interventions. In this paper, we argue that tracing where morality lies is more complex than these efforts suggest. Using the case of a popular social networking site, and concepts about the morality of technology, we disclose the ethics of Facebook as diffuse and multiple. In our conclusions we provide some reflections on the possibilities for action in light of this disclosure.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Themes:	Media, Digital Technology and the Creative Economy
Schools:	Schools > School of Arts & Media Schools > School of Arts & Media > Arts, Media and Communication Research Centre
Refereed:	Yes
Depositing User:	BA Light
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2011 09:06
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2022 12:16
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/17266

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