Ethics on the line

• Autores: Amit Pinchevski
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 68, nº 2 (INVIERNO), 2002, págs. 152-166
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article explores the ethical dimensions of computer-mediated communication held in chatrooms. The philosophical underpinning refer to the work of Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas, specifically to concepts relating to the ethics of Other-oriented communication. The main argument is that medium presents serious difficulty for other-oriented communication due to the potential for control over online interaction. This control is manifested in three ways: the ability to control online presence of self and other, the ability to manage exposure and vulnerability and threby suspend surprise, and the means by which text-based communication promovides a sense of a separate-space-shared-time. Based on this analysis, two tactics are suggested by which one might be able to resist control and allow for a more other-oriented interaction