The Internet In Public Life

The spread of new information and communications technologies during the pasttwo decades has helped reshape civic associations political communities andglobal r... » 

The spread of new information and communications technologies during the pasttwo decades has helped reshape civic associations political communities andglobal relations. In the midst of the information revolution we find that thespeed of this technologydriven change has outpaced our understanding of itssocial and ethical effects. The moral dimensions of this new technology and itseffects on social bonds need to be questioned and scrutinized Should theInternet be understood as a new form of public space and a source of publicgood? What are we to make of hackers? Does the Internet strengthen or weakencommunity? In The Internet in Public Life essayists confront these and otherimportant questions. This timely and necessary volume makes clear the need fora broader conversation about the effects of the Internet and the questionsraised by these seven essays highlight some of the most pressing issues athand. «