Cyber-Bullies as Cyborg-Bullies

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Author(s): Tommaso Bertolotti (University of Pavia, Italy), Selene Arfini (University of Chieti and Pescara, Italy)and Lorenzo Magnani (University of Pavia, Italy)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 14
Source title: The Changing Scope of Technoethics in Contemporary Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rocci Luppicini (University of Ottawa, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5094-5.ch004

Keywords: Information Ethics / Information Science Reference / IT Security and Ethics / Security & Forensics

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This chapter advocates a re-introduction of the notion of cyborg in order to acquire a new perspective on studies concerning the development of human cognition in highly technological environments. In particular, it shows how the notion of cyborg properly engages cognitive issues that have a powerful resonance especially as far as social cognition is concerned, and may consequently provide a new tool for tackling the emergent safety issues concerning sociality mediated by the internet, and the moral panic occasionally surrounding it. The conclusion suggests how the notion of cyborg accounts for a better understanding and recognition of the victims of cyberbullying.

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