LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND SOCIETAL ISSUES IN MEDIA AND INFORMATION Flashcards
also known as moral philosophy, refers to the morals connecting to human behavior, whether certain actions are morally accepted or not.
Ethics
refers to use of websites and applications to interact with other people.
Social Networking
the world wide web is a very open source of information and that includes the information we put on our social network accounts
Privacy
since social networking sites give the users the power to post anything, some users think it is acceptable to put anything on their account.
Free Speech
users has no power to validate if something is legitimate on social media.
Authenticity
first started as a way to have an online personal web log, in which a person would journal about their day.
Blogging
Some issues includes excessive violence and its effect to the player,
gaming
Ethical concerns about authenticity, and security of data is mostly the issues of
Instant Messaging
people can easily send any information to other people, whether it is authentic or not, or whether the message violates another person’s privacy.
Instant Messaging
considered as a norm in today’s society but others believe that it is an act of piracy.
Downloading music, movies and media
refers to the unauthorized use or reproduction of another’s work
Piracy
can be a big risk on the original creator’s part, some people may post another person’s original creation
Uploading and sharing original creations
refers to the legal right of the owner of intellectual property
copyright
any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative”
Fair use
a body of conventions and manners in using the internet as a tool for data and communication exchange.
Netiquette