Networked Communications - Ethics for the Information Age - page 149

6. What is a PC bang?
7. Describe five uses of the Web not covered in the text.
8. Define censorship in your own words.
9. Summarize the different forms of direct censorship.
10. According to the US Supreme Court, why do broadcasters have the most limited First
Amendment rights?
11. What characteristics of the Internet make censorship difficult?
12. What is a Web filter?
13. What is sexting?
14. What is the leading form of identity theft in the United States?
15. What is phishing?
16. Define cyberbullying in your own words.
17. How does the idea of “Internet addiction” stretch the traditional concept of addiction?
18. What is the Enlightenment view regarding responsibility for addiction?
Discussion Questions
19. Why is texting more popular among young adults than making phone calls?
20. Why is “cold calling” considered to be an acceptable sales practice, but spamming isn't?
21. Internet service providers monitor their chat rooms and expel users who violate their
codes of conduct. For example, users can be kicked off for insulting a person or a group
of people based on their race, religion, or sexual orientation. Is it wrong for an ISP to
expel someone for hate speech?
22. Stockbrokers are now required to save all their instant messaging communications. Is
having a record of everything you type good or bad? Do you think this requirement will
change the behavior of brokers?
23. There is a thriving “real-world” market for gold, artifacts, and avatars from virtual
worlds such as World of Warcraft. In effect, rich Westerners are offshoring game playing
to China. Do you find this image disturbing?
24. What are the benefits and harms of Internet censorship?
25. Should the tax dollars of citizens of democratic nations be used to help people in au-
thoritarian nations get around the Web censorship of their repressive governments?
26. Should people publishing accusations against others on their blogs or MySpace pages be
held responsible if they disseminate false information?
27. Should a college or university have the right to suspend its students who brag about
breaking its rules on their Facebook or MySpace pages?
28. In September 2012, Joseph Aziz, a graduate student at Montclair State University in New
Jersey, posted a YouTube video in which he said that a fellow student's legs look like
“a pair of bleached hams.” The university disciplined Aziz for violating the university's
code of conduct, ordered him to avoid all contact with the other student, and forbade