A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

KEY BENEFIT: Baase explores timely (opportune) social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional (essential) and economic (scheme) implications of computing (technology) from a computer (machine) scientist's perspective. KEY TOPICS: Coverage of the issues readers face (grappling) both as members of a technological (subject) society and as professionals in computer-related fields. Adds new (newborn) information on phenomena such (much) as the growth (ontogeny) of amateur (unskilled) work on the Web, blogs, video (recording) sharing, collaborative works (entireness) (such as Wikipedia), and social (ethnic) networking. Includes new (newborn) privacy topics such (much) as cameras in cell (radiophone) phones, access (admittance) to our search (see) queries and all (every) sorts of data (accumulation) we put (place) on the Web, social (ethnic) networking, location (positioning) tracking, high-tech surveillance systems, and some (whatever) anti-terrorism programs. Updated chapters on intellectual (highbrowed) property, professional (professed) ethics and responsibilities, and crime. MARKET: A useful (multipurpose) reference for computer (machine) science professionals or anyone interested (fascinated) in learning (acquisition) more about (most) computing (technology) technology and its arising issues.

Product Details:
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (January 6, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0136008488
ISBN-13: 978-0136008484
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds