Category Archives: Information Ethics

Musings on Compulsory Social Media Shaming as De Facto Punishment

Posted on April 19, 2015 by L. M. Bernhardt

One of the local television stations regularly posts an ad-bait slideshow on its Facebook timeline that features the mug shots of recently arrested folks in the county jail. The FB post includes a set of eight photos and a link to … Continue reading →

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Open Education, Privacy, Technology (A Promissory Note)

Posted on March 12, 2015 by L. M. Bernhardt

This month has, so far, not been especially time-friendly for me. I have so many things to do, so many things to think about…argh! No time to post! I really, really want to write about the amazing discussion going on at … Continue reading →

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Ginger’s Narcissistic One-Body Book Club Presents: What Information Wants

Posted on November 21, 2014 by L. M. Bernhardt

Read on its own, Cory Doctorow’s Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age (McSweeney’s, 2014) is naturally of a piece with arguments that its author has been making for years concerning copyright, creative work, and the realm … Continue reading →

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