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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821525103321

Autore

Solove Daniel J. <1972->

Titolo

The future of reputation : gossip, rumor, and privacy on the Internet / / Daniel J. Solove

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-72889-6

9786611728892

0-300-13819-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 247 p. : ill

Disciplina

342.08/58

Soggetti

Privacy, Right of

Internet - Law and legislation

Reputation (Law)

Libel and slander

Personality (Law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: When Poop Goes Primetime -- Chapter 2. How the Free Flow of Information Liberates and Constrains Us -- Chapter 3. Gossip and the Virtues of Knowing Less -- Chapter 4. Shaming and the Digital Scarlet Letter -- Chapter 5. The Role of Law -- Chapter 6. Free Speech, Anonymity, and Accountability -- Chapter 7. Privacy in an Overexposed World -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Future of Reputation -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Teeming with chatrooms, online discussion groups, and blogs, the Internet offers previously unimagined opportunities for personal expression and communication. But there's a dark side to the story. A trail of information fragments about us is forever preserved on the Internet, instantly available in a Google search. A permanent chronicle of our private lives-often of dubious reliability and sometimes totally false-will follow us wherever we go, accessible to friends, strangers, dates, employers, neighbors, relatives, and anyone else who cares to look. This engrossing book, brimming with amazing examples of gossip, slander, and rumor on the Internet, explores the profound



implications of the online collision between free speech and privacy. Daniel Solove, an authority on information privacy law, offers a fascinating account of how the Internet is transforming gossip, the way we shame others, and our ability to protect our own reputations. Focusing on blogs, Internet communities, cybermobs, and other current trends, he shows that, ironically, the unconstrained flow of information on the Internet may impede opportunities for self-development and freedom. Long-standing notions of privacy need review, the author contends: unless we establish a balance between privacy and free speech, we may discover that the freedom of the Internet makes us less free.