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What is Abuse of ICT

Chapter 15
Handbook of Research on Technoethics
addiction; isolation, passivity, takes time away from other activities and diminishes originality.
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Ethical Controversy over Information and Communication Technology
Pilar Alejandra Cortés Pascual (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-022-6.ch015
Abstract
‘What positive and negative aspects are perceived of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)?’ and ‘What dilemmas arise regarding these technologies?’ are the two questions addressed in this chapter. First of all, we have conducted a theoretical analysis comparing various ICT characteristic from two different perspectives: the positive and the negative ones of ICT. Secondly, we present the results in two work modules conducted in the Observation Laboratory of Technoethics for Adults (LOTA) project, already explained in the previous chapter, with an inference towards intervention.
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