Philosophical Perspectives on Computer-Mediated Communication

Charles Ess is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Drury College.

"It is timely and offers a unique and, at times, profound interpretation of Computer Mediated Communication. It is an important philosophical discussion of the 'Internet.'" — Robert Cavalier, Carnegie Mellon University"The essays that make up this interesting book do a good job surveying some of the central philosophical, moral, and political issues involved in hypertext, networked communication, and other aspects of the new, and increasingly important, digital textuality." — George Landow, Brown University

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Thoughts along the I-Way: Philosophy and the Emergence of CMC Charles EssI. Epistemology and Semiotics 1.  Discourse across Links David Kolb2.  Mediated Phosphor Dots: Toward a Post-Cartesian Model of CMC via the Semiotic Superhighway Gary Shank and Donald CunninghamII. Ethics, Gender, and Politics 3.  Privacy, Respect for Persons, and Risk Dag Elgesem4.  Pseudonyms, MailBots, and Virtual Letterheads: The Evolution of Computer-Mediated Ethics Peter Danielson5.  Intellectual Property Futures: The Paper Club and the Digital Commons John Lawrence6.  Posting in a Different Voice: Gender and Ethics in CMC Susan Herring7.  "This Is Not Our Fathers' Pornography": Sex, Lies, and Computers Carol J. Adams8.  Power Online: A Poststructuralist Perspective on CMC Sunh-Hee Yoon9.  The Political Computer: Democracy, CMC, and Habermas Charles EssIII. Impacts and Implications for Religious Authority, Communities, and Beliefs 10. The Unknown God of the Internet: Religious Communication from the Ancient Agora to the Virtual Forum Stephen D. O'Leary and Brenda E. Brasher11. Sacred Text in the Sea of Texts: The Bible in North American Electronic Culture Phil MullinsContributors Index