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Michael Zimmer, PhD, is a privacy and data ethics scholar at Marquette University

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International Symposium on Internet Ethics presentation: “Internet Ethics Issues and Action in the United States”

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Next week I will be a featured speaker at the first "International Symposium on Internet Ethics" hosted by the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and Korea Society of Internet Ethics (KSIE). Alongside other international representatives, I will be presenting…

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Special Issue of International Review of Information Ethics on “Ethics of Secrecy”

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I'm pleased to announce that the special issue on the topic of “Ethics of Secrecy”, that I co-edited with Daniel Nagel and Matthias Rath, has been published by the International Review of Information Ethics. Here is the table of contents,…

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New Entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: “Internet Research Ethics”

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I'm thrilled to announce that the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has published a new entry on "Internet Research Ethics", written by Elizabeth Buchanan and myself. I'm confident the existence of this entry in such a popular and prestigious publication will help increase awareness of these important issues.

ICA 2012: Researching Social Media: Ethical and Methodological Challenges

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I'm currently in Phoenix, AZ for the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, participating on an important panel on "Researching Social Media: Ethical and Methodological Challenges", organized by Anders Olof Larsson (Uppsala) and Hallvard Moe (Bergen). The panel is…

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UW-Milwaukee Seeking Fellow in the Social Studies of Information

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The School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Social Studies of Information for the 2012-2013 academic year, to work closely with the School’s newly established Social Studies of Information Research Group (SSIRG). The postdoctoral fellowship is designed for recent PhDs who are interested in research and pedagogy in the historical, social and cultural dimensions of information at its most fundamental levels, including information institutions, practices, industries, technologies, disciplines, users, policies, and ethics.

New Survey Confirms Librarians’ Commitment to Protecting Privacy Rights

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In celebration of Choose Privacy Week, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom has released preliminary findings from a new survey on "Librarian Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Informational Privacy" that I conducted on their behalf with generous support from the…

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