{"product_id":"disconnected-youth-new-media-and-the-ethics-gap-isbn-9780262529419","title":"Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow young people think about the moral and ethical dilemmas they encounter when they share and use online content and participate in online communities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh from a party, a teen posts a photo on Facebook of a friend drinking a beer. A college student repurposes an article from Wikipedia for a paper. A group of players in a multiplayer online game routinely cheat new players by selling them worthless virtual accessories for high prices. In \u003ci\u003eDisconnected\u003c\/i\u003e, Carrie James examines how young people and the adults in their lives think about these sorts of online dilemmas, describing ethical blind spots and disconnects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive interviews with young people between the ages of 10 and 25, James describes the nature of their thinking about privacy, property, and participation online. She identifies three ways that young people approach online activities. A teen might practice \u003ci\u003eself-focused thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, concerned mostly about consequences for herself; \u003ci\u003emoral thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, concerned about the consequences for people he knows; or \u003ci\u003eethical thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, concerned about unknown individuals and larger communities. James finds, among other things, that youth are often blind to moral or ethical concerns about privacy; that attitudes toward property range from “what's theirs is theirs” to “free for all”; that hostile speech can be met with a belief that online content is “just a joke”; and that adults who are consulted about such dilemmas often emphasize personal safety issues over online ethics and citizenship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidering ways to address the digital ethics gap, James offers a vision of \u003ci\u003econscientious connectivity\u003c\/i\u003e, which involves ethical thinking skills but, perhaps more important, is marked by sensitivity to the dilemmas posed by online life, a motivation to wrestle with them, and a sense of moral agency that supports socially positive online actions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302910906597,"sku":"NP9780262529419","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262529419.jpg?v=1767725183","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/disconnected-youth-new-media-and-the-ethics-gap-isbn-9780262529419","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}