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Reputation Privacy. Gossip and Rumor

The full text of The Future of Reputation is now available online for free. Click on this link to download PDFs of each chapter.

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THE FUTURE OF REPUTATION:
GOSSIP, RUMOR, AND PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET

by Daniel J. Solove
Yale University Press (2007)

Chapter 1. Introduction: When Poop Goes Primetime

PART I
RUMOR AND REPUTATION IN A DIGITAL WORLD

Chapter 2. How the Free Flow of Information Liberates and Constrains Us

Chapter 3. Gossip and the Virtues of Knowing Less

Chapter 4. Shaming and the Digital Scarlet Letter

PART II
PRIVACY, FREE SPEECH, AND THE LAW

Chapter 5. The Role of Law

Chapter 6. Free Speech, Anonymity, and Accountability

Chapter 7. Privacy in an Overexposed World

Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Future of Reputation

Notes & Index

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Consider using this book for a discussion in your library or association chapter. Solove has thoughfully provided a page of discussion questions.

This is one of the key issues of our age. It's also a key thing that needs to be considered in information literacy training and library policy development. This is a way to grow the thinking about this issue in a positive way.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).