Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society: Volume 17 Issue 1

Perception, usage and barriers towards the utilisation of the Telecentre among rural women in Tanzania

Edda Tandi Lwoga, Wallace Chigona

This paper aims to assess the usage pattern of telecentres, how rural women frame telecentres and barriers that limit use of telecentres. Further, the study examined the effects…

Online privacy behavior among youth in the Global South: A closer look at diversity of connectivity and information literacy

Jan Michael Alexandre Cortez Bernadas, Cheryll Ruth Soriano

The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, it explores the extent to which diversity of connectivity or the connection through multiple internet access points may facilitate…

Can Young’s constructive ecumenical expressivism resolve the gamer’s dilemma?

Morgan Luck

This paper aims to evaluate a potential resolution to the gamer’s dilemma that arises from Gary Young’s metaethical theory of constructive ecumenical expressivism (CEE).

Examination of cybercrime and its effects on corporate stock value

Katherine Taken Smith, Amie Jones, Leigh Johnson, Lawrence Murphy Smith

Cybercrime is a prevalent and serious threat to publicly traded companies. Defending company information systems from cybercrime is one of the most important aspects of technology…

General strain theory of Internet addiction and deviant behaviour in social networking sites (SNS)

AR Mubarak, Steve Quinn

This study aims to explore the association between internet addiction and problem behaviours on social networking sites (SNS) using the general strain theory (Agnew, 1992).

Profiling the international academic ghost writers who are providing low-cost essays and assignments for the contract cheating industry

Thomas Lancaster

Students have direct access to academic ghost writers who are able to provide for their assessment needs without the student needing to do any of the work. These ghost writers are…

Information systems ethics – challenges and opportunities

Simon Rogerson, Keith W. Miller, Jenifer Sunrise Winter, David Larson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethical issues surrounding information systems (IS) practice with a view to encouraging greater involvement in this aspect of IS…

Data retention: an assessment of a proposed national scheme

Matthew Warren, Shona Leitch

The information society has developed rapidly since the end of the twentieth century. Many countries (including Australia) have been looking at ways to protect their citizens…