Challenges for Digital Citizenship and Ethics: Social Media, Deep Fakes, and Virtual Communities: 9798369379141: Computer Science & IT Books

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ISBN13: 9798369379141

ISBN13 Softcover: 9798369379158

EISBN13: 9798369379165

DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-7914-1

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The integration of human rights, social responsibility, and technical innovation acquires significant importance in the current era of digital transformation. As technology rapidly evolves, it profoundly influences societal structures, economic systems, and individual lives. It is essential to examine the impact of digital transformation on human rights and social responsibility, and emphasize the importance of striking a balance that upholds individual rights while leveraging technological advances for the benefit of society as a whole.

Challenges for Digital Citizenship and Ethics: Social Media, Deep Fakes, and Virtual Communities analyzes the implications of digitalization on human rights and social responsibility. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this research combines perspectives from the fields of digital ethics, information technology, law, and social sciences. It examines the impact of digital technologies on privacy and data rights, assess the strategies utilized by corporations in the digital age to uphold human rights, and explore the policy and legal frameworks required to assure the ethical adoption of technology. Covering topics such as cybercrimes, digital literacy, and societal dynamics, this book is an excellent resource for policymakers, sociologists, researchers, academicians, educators, students, and more.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Cybercrimes
Deepfakes
Digital Citizenship
Digital Ethics
Digital Literacy
Human Rights
Impacts of Social Media
Inclusive Knowledge Societies
Juvenile Delinquency
Social Media Usage and Experiences
Societal Dynamics
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Implementation
Teacher-Parent Communication
Virtual Realities

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Dr. Maja Pucelj is an assistant professor and Head of research at EMUNI. She graduated from the Faculty of Public Administration in Ljubljana and the Faculty of Management in Koper, with a master's degree from the Faculty of Government and European Studies at the New University and the European Faculty of Law. She completed her first doctorate degree at Alma Mater Europaea - ISH in the humanities and her second doctorate degree at the Faculty of Government and European Studies of the New University in the field of international studies with an emphasis on human rights. She began her career as a police officer, where she was a member of a special police unit, continuing her career path as a risk manager, head of the legal department in the field of leasing and banking, as a director of marketing in the economy and as an auditor in an audit company. Prior to joining EMUNI and FOŠ, she worked as an advisor to the Minister of Education, Science and Sport in the field of pre-school education, primary education, secondary and higher education, adult education, and the quality of education and as an undersecretary in the Service for the Implementation of Cohesion Policy at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. She teached or co-teached the following courses: Fundamentals of Law in Organizational Studies, Organizational Behaviour and Seminar for Doctoral Dissertation. In 2024 she received reward from Slovenian Ombudsman for the best PhD research in the field of human rights in Slovenia. In the same year she also finished International Post-doctoral programme in Globalisation and Human rights in Mediterranea International Centre for Human Rights Research. Her research interest focuses on human rights, law, social responsibility and gender equality.

Rado Bohinc is a full professor of Economic, Labor and European law at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences (UL FDV) and scientific councillor at FDV and the Scientific Research Centre Koper; he researches corporate and institutional law as well as public and corporate governance and social responsibility. His earlier scientific works are the books Property and Management, 1988 (GV) and Delniška družba 1990, (GV). At the turn of the millennium, his books Corporate Governance between Europe and the USA, 2001 (FDV) and Legal Persons, 2003 (GV) were published. His most important scientific monographs published abroad are: Corporations and Partnerships, 4 editions, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2020 (Kluwer), Comparative Corporate law, 2010 (Verlag DM, Saarbrücken), Insurance Law (co-authored)), 2018 (Kluwer), Media Law, 2014, 2019 (Kluwer). The fundamental scientific works published in Slovenia are: Corporations, 2009 (Nebra), Comparative Corporate Management, 2011 (UP, FM) Social Responsibility 2017 (FDV), University and State, 2021. He is also the editor and co-author of several collections and joint monographs, e.g.: For social responsibility, 2018 (FDV), Corporate social responsibility, 2016 (FDV), Corporate governance as a tool for economic growth, 2016 (FDV). He lectured at many universities abroad (USA - Fullbright, Spain, Italy - Erasmus, Austria, Sweden - Tempus, Norway, Russia, India, Nepal, South Korea, New Zealand, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic) and appeared as a speaker at several than 30 domestic and international scientific conferences and symposiums.

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