Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society: Volume 20 Issue 2

Robotizing meaningful work

Tuuli Turja, Jaana Minkkinen, Saija Mauno

Robots have a history of replacing human labor in undesirable, dirty, dull and dangerous tasks. With robots now emerging in academic and human-centered work, this paper aims to…

A critical analysis of journalists’ freedom of expression and access to information while reporting on COVID-19 issues: a case of selected Arab countries

Miral Sabry AlAashry

The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which Arab Governments limited freedom of expression and access to information for journalists while they reported on…

Framework for enhancing students’ smartphone learning ability: a case study of Nigerian public Universities

Godswill Ejeohiolei Esechie, Chukwuka Christian Ohueri, Siti Zanariah Ahmad Ishak, Peter Karubi Nwanesi

The importance of smartphones in enhancing students learning, research and development is well-established in many published studies. Nevertheless, due to numerous challenges…

AI led ethical digital transformation: framework, research and managerial implications

Kumar Saurabh, Ridhi Arora, Neelam Rani, Debasisha Mishra, M. Ramkumar

Digital transformation (DT) leverages digital technologies to change current processes and introduce new processes in any organisation’s business model, customer/user experience…

Privacy concerns with using public data for suicide risk prediction algorithms: a public opinion survey of contextual appropriateness

Michael Zimmer, Sarah Logan

Existing algorithms for predicting suicide risk rely solely on data from electronic health records, but such models could be improved through the incorporation of publicly…

Towards an adaptive ethics on social networking sites (SNS): a critical reflection

Miftachul Huda

The advancements of emerging technology to configure the way to convey information, knowledge sharing and even entertainment could make a valuable insight to the contemporary life…

The fake news effect: what does it mean for consumer behavioral intentions towards brands?

Aruba Sharif, Tahir Mumtaz Awan, Osman Sadiq Paracha

This study aims to understand how fake news can cause an impact on consumer behavioral intentions in today’s era when fake news is prevalent and common. Brands have not only faced…

Media discourse in China and Japan on the COVID-19 pandemic: comparative analysis of the first three months

Gulsan Ara Parvin, Md. Habibur Rahman, S.M. Reazul Ahsan, Md. Anwarul Abedin, Mrittika Basu

This study aims to analyze how English-language versions of e-newspapers in the first two countries affected, China and Japan, which are non-English-speaking countries and have…

Toward accountable human-centered AI: rationale and promising directions

Junaid Qadir, Mohammad Qamar Islam, Ala Al-Fuqaha

Along with the various beneficial uses of artificial intelligence (AI), there are various unsavory concomitants including the inscrutability of AI tools (and the opaqueness of…