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Information and human values /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fleischmann, Kenneth R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, California (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, 2014.
Series:Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval, and services ; # 31.
Subjects:
Information technology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Information theory.
Values.
core values of librarianship
human values
information studies
science and technology studies
social psychology
value-sensitive design
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why human values?
  • 2. Approaches to understanding values
  • 2.1 Social psychology of human values
  • 2.2 Values and information use
  • 2.3 Values and technology design
  • 2.4 Value conflicts in information technology design and use
  • 3. Education and human values
  • 3.1 Biology education and human values
  • 3.2 Medical education and human values
  • 3.3 Information ethics education and human values
  • 4. Technology and human values
  • 4.1 Trust, transparency, and accountability
  • 4.2 Value conflicts
  • 4.3 Professionalization and codes of ethics
  • 5. Communication and human values
  • 5.1 Manual content analysis of human values in communication
  • 5.2 Crowdsourced content analysis of human values in communication
  • 5.3 Automatic content analysis of human values in communication
  • 6. Synthesis: Reconsidering information and human values
  • 7. A research agenda for information and human values
  • References
  • Author biography.