@book{8ac733662dca4e33b7f959d5f0fa9a27,
title = "Transcending Taboos: A moral and psychological examination of cyberspace",
abstract = "Cyberspace is composed of a multitude of different spaces where users can represent themselves in many divergent ways. Why in a video game, is it more acceptable to murder or maim than rape? After all, in each case, it is only pixels that are being assaulted. This book avoids wrestling with the common question of whether the virtual violation of real-world taboos is right or wrong, and instead provides a theoretical framework that helps us understand why such distinctions are typically made, and explores the psychological impact of violating offline taboos within cyberspace. The authors discuss such online areas as: • {\textquoteleft}Reality{\textquoteright} sites depicting taboo images • Social networking websites and online chatrooms • Online dating websites • Video game content. This book considers whether there are some interactions that should not be permissible even virtually. It also examines how we might be able to cope with the potential moral freedoms afforded by cyberspace, and who might be vulnerable to such freedoms of action and representation within this virtual space. This book is ideal for researchers and students of internet psychology, philosophy and social policy, as well as therapists, those interested in computer science, law, media and communication studies.",
author = "Garry Young and Whitty, {Monica T.}",
note = "Funding Information: of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – were assigned to support faculty and graduate student research. The councils were subject to government scrutiny from the beginning, but managed to maintain a high level of autonomy. However, with the election of the Progressive Conservative government in 1984, and the consequent shift to the {\textquoteleft}new right{\textquoteright}, this autonomy became tenuous. Funding Information: 30 At the provincial level, Quebec{\textquoteright}s Programmme d{\textquoteright}actions structurantes started in 1984–1985 with forty networks of university and government laboratories. Ontario{\textquoteright}s eight Centres of Excellence were established in 1986. In 1987, Quebec pioneered the Centre d{\textquoteright}initiative technologique de Montr{\'e}al (CITEC) at McGill University. At the Federal level, the Department of Regional Industrial Expansion merged with the Department of Science and Technology in 1984 to form Industry, Science, and Technology Canada (ISTC; subsequently Industry Canada). The new department emphasized industrial partnerships and collaborations. Both NSERC and MRC have actively supported collaborative targeted research, carried out through academy–industry–state partnerships. The opportunities for SSHRC have been less pronounced. NSERC started to fund {\textquoteleft}big science{\textquoteright} networks in the early 1980s – in the earth sciences (Lithoprobe) and in integrated circuit design (Canadian Microelectronics Corporation). During 1987/88, the budget year prior to the establishment of the NCE, 15 per cent of NSERC{\textquoteright}s total budget went to targeted research. For further discussion see Robert S. Friedman and Ren{\'e}e C. Friedman, {\textquoteleft}The Canadian Universities and the Promotion of Economic Development{\textquoteright}, Minerva 28 (3), (1990), 272–293. Funding Information: of University Research funded by Industry (%) in 1996, 1990, and 1985 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2012 Psychology Press.",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.4324/9780203126769",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780415579339",
volume = "9780203126769",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "1st",
}
