Description |
1 online resource (xv, 280 pages). |
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The information society series |
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Information society series.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 23, 2018). |
Contents |
Cyberbullying, dignity, and children's rights. When cyberbullying ends in suicide -- Can E-stay compromise children's rights? -- Shaping company responsibility : privatized public sphere -- Vagaries of self-regulation. Perils of politics-driven regulation -- Industry self-regulation in the US and in the EU -- Untangling the companies' motives and actions -- The roles of NGO's in search of transparency and effectiveness -- Policy solutions. Strengths and limitations of self-regulation -- Toward a culture of dignity. |
Summary |
This book investigates regulatory and social pressures that social media companies face in the aftermath of high profile cyberbullying incidents. The author's research evaluates the policies companies develop to protect themselves and users. This includes interviews with NGO and social media company reps in the US and the EU. She triangulates these findings against news, policy reports, evaluations and interviews with e-safety experts. This book raises questions about the legitimacy of expecting companies to balance the tension between free speech and child protection without publicly revealing their decision-making processes. In an environment where e-safety is part of the corporate business model, this book unveils the process through which established social media companies receive less government scrutiny than start-ups. The importance of this research for law and policy argues for an OA edition to ensure the work is widely and globally accessible to scholars and decision makers. |
Note |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
Local Note |
MIT Press DTL OA MIT Titles |
Subject |
Online social networks -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Internet industry -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Cyberbullying -- Prevention.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Media studies.
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Indexed Term |
INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy |
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INFORMATION SCIENCE/Internet Studies |
Added Author |
Livingstone, Sonia M., writer of foreword.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Milosevic, Tijana. Protecting Children Online? : Cyberbullying Policies of Social Media Companies. Cambridge : MIT Press, ©2017 9780262037099 |
ISBN |
9780262344098 (electronic book) |
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0262344092 (electronic book) |
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9780262037099 (electronic book) |
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0262037092 (electronic book) |
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9780262344081 (electronic book) |
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0262344084 (electronic book) |
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9780262344104 (electronic book) |
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0262344106 (electronic book) |
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