| Discipline | Information science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | R. Hauptmann |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1992–Present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Biannually |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Inf. Ethics |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1061-9321 (print) 1941-2894 (web) |
| Links | |
The Journal of Information Ethics is an academic journal of philosophy. The editor-in-chief is Robert Hauptmann. [1] It has been published biannually since 1992 by McFarland & Company and the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. The publisher description of editorial content reads:"From the ethics of Caller ID to transmission of sexually explicit materials via Internet, the information age presents a barrage of ethical challenges. In this acclaimed twice-yearly journal, some of the brightest and most influential figures in the information sciences confront a broad range of these transdisciplinary issues." [1]
Contents
According to Ulrich's Periodicals Directory , it "deals with ethical issues in all of the information sciences, from library acquisitions to database management, with a multidisciplinary approach." [2]