Transcending Taboos: A Moral and Psychological Examination of Cyberspace Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Transcending Taboos: A Moral and Psychological Examination of Cyberspace Book

Cyberspace is composed of a multitude of different spaces where users can represent themselves in many divergent ways. Why in a video game is it more acceptable to murder or maim than rape? After all in each case it is only pixels that are being assaulted. This book avoids wrestling with the common question of whether the virtual violation of real-world taboos is right or wrong and instead provides a theoretical framework that helps us understand why such distinctions are typically made and explores the psychological impact of violating offline taboos within cyberspace. The authors discuss such online areas as: 'Reality' sites depicting taboo images Social networking websites and online chatrooms Online dating websites Video game content. This book considers whether there are some interactions that should not be permissible even virtually. It also examines how we might be able to cope with the potential moral freedoms afforded by cyberspace and who might be vulnerable to such freedoms of action and representation within this virtual space.This book is ideal for researchers and students of internet psychology philosophy and social policy as well as therapists those interested in computer science law media and communication studiesRead More

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  • Pickabook

    Garry Young, Monica Whitty

  • 0415579333
  • 9780415579339
  • Garry Young, Monica Whitty
  • 21 March 2012
  • Routledge
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 240
  • 1
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