Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Fall 2021)

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Robert Hauptman is professor emeritus of St. Cloud State University and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics.

Edited by Robert Hauptman
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 126
Bibliographic Info: 11 photos
Copyright Date: 2022
ISSN 1061-9321
Imprint: McFarland

Editorial: Encyclopedias
Robert Hauptman 3

Letter to the Editor: What are the ethical responsibilities during the COVID-19 outbreak?
Aziz Kamran, Mahdi Naeim and Ali Rezaeisharif 5

Columns

Diversity Matters

The Need for the “New” Information in the Discourse on Diversity and Race
Mark Winston 7

Current Issues

Cat People
Donald Dewey 12

Articles

Featured Article

The Commissars of the Imagination
Roland Merullo 14

The Democratization of Information: Images and the Viral Video in Changing Perceptions and Public Policy
Mark Winston 22

Transparency­—A Relevant Ethical Value for Librarians?
Ana R. Pacios and Margarita Pérez Pulido 42

Are Markets in Personal Information Morally Permissible?
Jakob Mainz 60

Regarding the Ethical Necessity of Debate … and the Elites Who De Facto Reject It
Tod Slone 75

Debunking Scholarly Nonsense
Robert Hauptman 80

Reviews 90
Web Briefs 111
Article Alerts 118

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