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Shoshana Zuboff explains how digital data is turned into a new market form—surveillance capitalism—where corporations predict and shape behavior for profit, reshaping power, privacy, and democracy in the digital age.

Explores how information underpins science, genetics, technology, and society—examining its measurement, social value, ethical issues, and the rise of an information society.

The Anarchist in the Library explores how peer‑to‑peer networks reshape cultural, political, and economic realms, spotlighting the tangled battle over information quality, ownership, and freedom in the digital age.

Howard Rheingold explores how the Internet creates real social communities where users talk, argue, share knowledge, organize politically, form relationships, and even experience online emotional support, while also noting its darker side.

Clive Thompson argues that the Internet and digital tools are making us smarter, better connected, and fostering new ways of learning and collaboration.

The rapid pace of change in computing demands a continuous review of our defensive strategies, and a strong ethical framework in our computer science education.This fully revised and enhanced fifth edition of Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges stemming from the convergence of computing and telecommunication, and the proliferation of mobile information-enabling devices. This accessible and engaging text surveys thought-provoking questions about the impact of these new technologies.Topics and features:Establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativismOffers pertinent discussions on privacy, surveillance, employee monitoring, biometrics, civil liberties, harassment, the digital divide, and discriminationExamines the new ethical, cultural and economic realities of computer social network ecosystems (NEW)Reviews issues of property rights, responsibility and accountability relating to information technology and softwareDiscusses how virtualization technology informs our ethical behavior (NEW)Introduces the new frontiers of ethics: virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the InternetSurveys the social, moral and ethical value systems in mobile telecommunications (NEW)Explores the evolution of electronic crime, network security, and computer forensicsProvides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion with every chapterThis comprehensive textbook incorporates the latest requirements for computer science curricula. Both students and practitioners will find the book an invaluable source of insight into computer ethics and law, network security, and computer crime investigation.

Author Klaus Schwab explores how the fourth industrial revolution—a convergence of AI, biotechnology, nanotechnology and digital networks—will reshape society, economy and identity, urging a future where technology serves humanity within ethical bounds.