{"title":"The Social Networks of Cyberbullying on Twitter","authors":"Glenn Sterner, Diane H Felmlee","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2017070101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2017070101","url":null,"abstract":"This research applies a social network perspective to the issue of cyber aggression, or cyberbullying, on the social media platform Twitter. Cyber aggression is particularly problematic because of its potential for anonymity, and the ease with which so many others can join the harassment of victims. Utilizing a comparative case study methodology, the authors examined thousands of Tweets to explore the use of denigrating slurs and insults contained in public tweets that target an individual's gender, race, or sexual orientation. Findings indicate cyber aggression on Twitter to be extensive and often extremely offensive, with the potential for serious, deleterious consequences for its victims. The study examined a sample of 84 aggressive networks on Twitter and visualize several social networks of communication patterns that emanate from an initial, aggressive tweet. The authors identify six social roles that users can assume in the network, noting differences in these roles by demographic category. Serious ethical concerns pertain to this technological, social problem.","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126099175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pressured Sexting and Revenge Porn in a Sample of Massachusetts Adolescents","authors":"E. Englander, M. McCoy","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2017070102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2017070102","url":null,"abstract":"Digital communications are largely used for positive interactions but can also be a vehicle for harassment. Previous research has made is clear that sexting occurs, at times, because of peer pressure. This study examined pressured sexting and the unauthorized release of images in a cross-sectional sample studied in 2013-15. The convenience sample examined 1,320 students in Massachusetts. Over the years, more students admitted to sexting, but fewer reported any degree of pressure to sext. More than a third of sexters in 2014 and almost half of sexters in 2015 reported that the picture had been released without their consent. Interestingly, this did not seem to occur primarily within established relationships; instead, it seemed to target most often sexters who declined to date someone. Unauthorized distribution was related to several risk factors, including younger-aged sexters, those who sexted to multiple recipients, and those who were pressured into sexting initially.","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"159 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115636391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Animal Rights and Robot Ethics","authors":"Thilo Hagendorff","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2017070105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2017070105","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates challenges which anthropocentric and pathocentric ethics have to face when confronted with moral considerations about non-human animals, especially so-called disenhanced animals, and a new class of technological artifacts, namely social robots. Referring to the case of animal welfare, robot ethics emerges as a new discipline that has not yet reflected on the ideological biases that commonly underlie moral judgments toward animals and find expression in robot ethics, too. As a consequence, robot ethics perpetuates the “work of purification,” that is, the isolation and definition of a particular entity possessing a moral status. Whenever such an entity is defined, the definition excludes all those entities which could likewise possess a moral status but do not fit exactly to the pre-specified definition. The crucial question, then, is whether to seek an ethic of unconditional compassion that doesn't allow itself to be restricted by ideology and is therefore convenient for animal rights and robot ethics as well.","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128120848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zachary R. Myers, S. M. Swearer, Meredith J. Martin, Raúl Palacios
{"title":"Cyberbullying and Traditional Bullying: The Experiences of Poly-Victimization Among Diverse Youth","authors":"Zachary R. Myers, S. M. Swearer, Meredith J. Martin, Raúl Palacios","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2017070104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2017070104","url":null,"abstract":"Thisstudysoughttoadvancetheauthors’understandingoftherelationshipbetweentraditionalbullying (i.e.,verbalandphysical)andcyberbullying.Datawerecollectedfrom1,182participants,ages13 to25(M=19.66;SD=3.03)from75differentcountriesviaanon-line,world-widesurvey.Results foundthatparticipantsexperiencedbothin-personbullyingandcyberbullying(i.e.,poly-victimization). Additionally, bisexual, pansexual, or queer participants reported more frequent cyberbullying victimizationwhencomparedtobothheterosexualandgayorlesbianparticipants.Sexualminority participantsalsoreportedvictimizationthroughsignificantlymoreelectronicsources.Specifically, gayandlesbian,bisexual,pansexual,andqueerparticipantsreportedhighernumbersofvictimization modalitieswhencomparedtoheterosexualparticipants.Resultsfromthisstudyexpandtheauthors’ awarenessofthepoly-victimizationexperiencesofyouthandyoungadultsandfillinimportantgaps inunderstandingtheseexperiencesfordiversesexualorientationsandgenderidentities. KEYwoRDS Bullying, Cyberbullying, Electronic Bullying, LGBTQ Youth and Young Adults, Sexual and Gender Minority Youth","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"5 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113957542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"War 2.0: Drones, Distance and Death","authors":"Jai C. Galliott","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2016070104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2016070104","url":null,"abstract":"Technology has always allowed agents of war to separate themselves from the harm that they or their armed forces inflict, with spears, bows and arrows, trebuchets, cannons, firearms and other modern weaponry, all serving as examples of technologies that have increased the distance between belligerents and supposedly made warfare less sickening than the close-quarters combat of the past. However, this paper calls into question the extent to which new military technologies actually mitigate the savagery of war. It contends that with the introduction of technologies that eliminate the need for a human presence on the battlefield, we are the cusp of a major revolution in warfare that presents new challenges and questions for military technoethics, namely as to how soldiers should conduct themselves and fight justly, if they are to do so at all. Ultimately, it argues that only way to address these issues is through the design of the mediating technologies themselves, which is by no means an easy task.","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"436 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124482640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Printing Revolution? 3D Printing as an Agent of Socio-Political Change","authors":"Yannick Rumpala","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2016070107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2016070107","url":null,"abstract":"There is a growing interest in 3D printers because of the technical and economic implications they could have. The objective of this paper is to take the analysis further by asking to what extent they could also have a range of socio-political effects, as a consequence of their impact on the material practices of production and consumption. The first part of this contribution re-examines the promises associated with this technology and highlights its prospects for restoring individual and collective capabilities I. Secondly, the ways in which these machines could destabilize the industrial bases of contemporary societies, and therefore the economic order, are analyzed, along with the political implications of such a shift II. Finally, the latent constraints and the points of friction that these technological developments may encounter and that might affect future trajectories are clarified III.","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132731205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical Dimensions of Cosmetic Surgery","authors":"B. Lunceford","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2016070102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2016070102","url":null,"abstract":"The promise of cosmetic surgery is that one can reshape his or her body to remove perceived defects and thus have a perfect body. Although in practice this is not always the result, many continue to pursue this potential. One extreme example of this impulse is actress Heidi Montag, who underwent ten different plastic surgery procedures in one day. But the decision to undergo cosmetic surgery is not made in a vacuum. Individuals are influenced by others, including the media, the surgeons, and themselves. This essay uses Montag's experience to explore four ethical considerations surrounding cosmetic surgery-the surgeon, the patient, the media, and society-and concludes with a discussion of potential correctives for ethical failures in each of these areas.","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127060045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethics, Decision-Making, and Risk Communication in the Era of Terroredia: The Case of ISIL","authors":"Mahmoud Eid","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2016070106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2016070106","url":null,"abstract":"Terrorism today is one of the most frequent global severe stress situations. The advanced and widespread new media and information technologies as well as modern tactics of terrorism make the public of any nation in exposure, directly and indirectly, to uncertain potential acts of terrorism. The relationship between terrorists and media personnel has grown widely influential, and has been described recently by the term terroredia, in which the public is the main target of both terrorism and the media. Both responsibility and rationality are fundamental weights for the effectiveness of risk communication during times of terrorism. This paper critically analyzes how policymakers in several Western countries have communicated to the public, through the media, the risk of terrorist attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL against their individuals and societies. The study uncovers that rationality and responsibility are lacking in Western media decision-making regarding the risk of ISIL's potential activities.","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131948651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Algorithms Versus Hive Minds: A Premonition of Democracy's Future","authors":"R. Searle","doi":"10.4018/IJT.2016070103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.2016070103","url":null,"abstract":"From the time of its emergence onto the public scene the Internet has been understood in light of both its dystopian potential for total surveillance and control and its utopian possibilities to enable enhanced forms of freedom. This paper argues that these two potentials are deeply interconnected and that the both the field of Technoethics and long term sustainability of democracy itself requires that we understand and address the connections between our fears and hopes regarding the Infosphere.","PeriodicalId":287069,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Technoethics","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121702849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}