Digital Platforms and Digital Inequality. An Analysis From Information Ethics Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorLevina, Olga
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-29T12:00:00Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T12:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractDigital platforms are information technology artifacts that erode established market structures by providing a digital interaction space for producers and consumers. Therefore, it is argued here that digital platforms inherently support digital divide. This potential, if not governed or made visible for the involved actors, can lead and is already leading to undesired societal and ethical consequences. To derive these insights, Information Systems (IS) perspective is enriched with the Information Ethics approach and terminology. This interdisciplinary view allows considering both the technical and the social side of the problem. The analysis of interactions and roles is performed using the four ethical issues identified by Mason as a general taxonomy of ethical concerns in IS context. The identified aspects offer insights on the potentials of digital platforms that fosters digital inequality. Power asymmetries between the digital platform and its users are identified, outlining their potential for manifestation of the digital divide.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) (grant no.: 16DII111, 16DII112, 16DII113, 16DII114, 16DII115, 16DII116, 16DII117 – „Deutsches Internet-Institut“)
dc.identifier.citationLevina, O., Lutz, C., & Hoffmann, C. P. (2019). Digital Platforms and Digital Inequality—An Analysis From Information Ethics Perspective. Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019: Challenges of Digital Inequality, 23–26. https://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/2.4
dc.identifier.doi10.34669/WI.CP/2.4
dc.identifier.eissn2510-7666
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/51
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWeizenbaum Institute
dc.relation.ispartofhttps://doi.org/10.34669/WI.CP/2.32
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWeizenbaum Conference Proceedings
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectNews media, journalism, publishingen
dc.subjectInteractive, electronic Mediaen
dc.subjectinformation technologyen
dc.subjectethicsen
dc.subjectdigital divideen
dc.subjectdigital mediaen
dc.subjectinequalityen
dc.subjectPublizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesende
dc.subjectDigital platformsde
dc.subjectInformation Ethicsde
dc.subjectinteraktive, elektronische Mediende
dc.subjectDigitale Mediende
dc.subjectInformationstechnologiede
dc.subjectDigitale Spaltungde
dc.subjectUngleichheitde
dc.subjectEthikde
dc.subject.ddc070 Nachrichtenmedien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
dc.titleDigital Platforms and Digital Inequality. An Analysis From Information Ethics Perspective
dc.typeConferencePaper
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.booktitleProceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2019
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBerlin
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