Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society: Volume 18 Issue 4

The concept of self-regulation and the ethics council of the media federation of Chile

Francisca Greene Gonzalez, María José Lecaros

This paper reviews the origins of the Ethics Council of the Federation of Social Communication Media of Chile (1991-2019) and looks into the historical circumstances surrounding…

The Brazilian Presidential Election of 2018 and the relationship between technology and democracy in Latin America

Raíssa Mendes Tomaz, Jerzui Mendes Torres Tomaz

The purpose of this paper selected by ICIL 2019 committee in Rome is to demonstrate the current importance of the internet in the protection of democracy in developting countries.

Analysis of professional perceptions relating to the effectiveness of codes of ethics for journalists in Spain

Marcel Mauri-Ríos, Silvia Marcos-García, Aitor Zuberogoitia-Espilla

Codes of ethics are important instruments in journalism, as they promote transparency and self-regulation of media, in addition to monitoring the quality of information. The…

Modelling Twitter conversations in #favela towards the conceptualization of the eVoice of the unheard

Alessandro Inversini, Nigel L. Williams, Isabella Rega, Ioanna Samakovlis

The purpose of this study to shed light on the importance of social media hosted content related to socially-motivated discussions. Moving from the field of communication for…

The sixth estate: tech media corruption in the age of information

Edward Howlett Spence

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how some of the information and communication practices of the Tech Media and specifically of Facebook, constitute media corruption…

“Trolls” or “warriors of faith”?: Differentiating dysfunctional forms of media criticism in online comments

Tobias Eberwein

The idea that user comments on journalistic articles would help to increase the quality of the media has long been greeted with enthusiasm. By now, however, these high hopes have…

ICT ethics-related cognition among undergraduate students: A grounded theory study from a social constructivist perspective

Maryam Nasser Al-Nuaimi, AbdelMajid Bouazza, Maher M. Abu-Hilal

Moor (1985) designated two major problem sources typifying the social and ethical implications of computer technologies, namely, “policy vacuum” and “conceptual muddles.”…

Qualitative analysis to determine decision-makers’ attitudes towards e-government services in a De-Facto state

Tuğberk Kaya, Mustafa Sağsan, Tunç Medeni, Tolga Medeni, Mete Yıldız

The manner in which people, businesses and governments perform is changing because of the spread of technology. Digitalization of governments can be considered a necessity as we…

Traditional cyberloafing, mobile cyberloafing and personal mobile-internet loafing in business organizations: Exploring cognitive ethical logics

Sauvik Kumar Batabyal, Kanika Tandon Bhal

Possession and usage of data-enabled smartphones have added further complexity to the issue of cyberloafing behavior and it certainly evokes newer ethical concerns. This study…