Anglo-Japanese Information Ethics: Comparisons and Cross-Fertilisation

英日信息伦理：比较与交叉施肥

• 批准号: EP/G069808/1
• 负责人: Andrew Adams
• 金额: $ 4.84万
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG069808%2F1
• 关键词: Anglo; Japanese; Information; Ethics; Comparisons

Japan is rightly regarded as one of the most technologically advanced nations on the planet. Digital entertainment and communication technologies are often widely adopted and sometimes even superseded in Japan before they are even available in Europe or the US. Cultural and linguistic differences have provided significant barriers to studying the impact of these new technologies in Japan and the use of that impact to improve take-up in the West, or to avoid negative consequences of adoption in Japan when they arrive elsewhere. In Japan itself study of the ethics of information technology systems (including the social implications of their introduction and the legal basis of their regulation) has often taken a back seat to quick adoption and sales at home and abroad. There are many parallels between the UK and Japan in social and geographic terms: they are relatively densely populated island nations in the top five economies by raw GDP. There are also significant differences, however, such as the racial and ethnic homogeneity of the residents in Japan compared to the heterogeneity so visible in the UK. By analysing the impact of new technologies in Japan and the UK, particularly in terms of regulatory regimes combined with physical and informational infrastructure, general lessons may be learned about the potential impact of such technologies elsewhere and of further developments in the future. Regular visits by academics with appropriate backgrounds in both directions are the only feasible way of allowing such studies. The project funds Dr Adams to make continued trips to Japan to work with academics from a small but growing number of Universities (Meiji and Ehime Universities currently and it is hoped Senshu, Tokyo and Waseda Universities as well as the Institute of Information Security), and to develop contacts in Japan's high technology industries (such as Toshiba, Sony and Docomo). It will build on previous trips, including a nine month visit to Meiji University in 2007, in developing a greater understanding of the Japanese approach to the social, legal and ethical impacts of computer and communications technologies in various areas in order to cross-fertilise understanding of these impacts in both Japan and the UK and how to maximise beneficial consequences while minimizing negative effects. Subjects of study during the visits to Japan will include:- continuing examination of the Japanese approaches to privacy and data protection, including the implementation of the Japanese data protection legislation and how online behaviour is shaped by fears about or disregard for the privacy implications of revelatory activity, and the impact of data protection rules on various sectors of society (commercial organisations, non-profit groups, public sector and governmental entities);- examination of the use of electronic communications by elected officials for electoral and consultative activities in both the UK and Japan;- differences in the approaches to improving the online experience for children, by legislation, regulation, education and government provision;- examining the slowly growing use of CCTV by private and public actors in Japan, compared with the well-known mass use of CCTV in the UK.

日本理所当然地被视为地球上技术最先进的国家之一。数字娱乐和通信技术往往在欧洲或美国出现之前就在日本被广泛采用，有时甚至被取代。文化和语言的差异为研究这些新技术在日本的影响以及利用这种影响来提高西方的接受度或避免在日本采用这些技术在其他地方产生的负面后果提供了巨大的障碍。在日本国内，对信息技术系统的伦理问题(包括引入信息技术系统的社会影响和监管的法律基础)的研究往往退居次要地位，而不是在国内外迅速采用和销售。英国和日本在社会和地理上有许多相似之处：它们都是人口相对稠密的岛国，按GDP计算在前五大经济体中名列前茅。然而，也有显著的差异，例如，与英国明显的异质性相比，日本居民的种族和民族同质性。通过分析新技术在日本和英国的影响，特别是在监管制度与有形和信息基础设施相结合方面的影响，可以从其他地方的此类技术的潜在影响以及未来的进一步发展中吸取一般性的教训。两个方向都有适当背景的学者定期访问是允许这类研究的唯一可行方式。该项目资助亚当斯博士继续前往日本，与为数不多但数量不断增加的大学(目前是明治大学和爱慕大学，希望是仙州大学、东京大学、早稻田大学以及信息安全研究所)的学者合作，并发展与日本高科技行业(如东芝、索尼和都科摩)的联系。它将以之前的访问为基础，包括2007年对明治大学进行的9个月的访问，以更好地了解日本对计算机和通信技术在不同领域的社会、法律和伦理影响的方法，以便交叉了解这些影响在日本和英国以及如何在最大限度地增加有益后果的同时将负面影响降至最低。访问日本期间的研究课题将包括：-继续审查日本在隐私和数据保护方面的做法，包括日本数据保护立法的执行情况，网上行为是如何因担心或无视揭秘活动对隐私的影响而形成的，以及数据保护规则对社会各部门(商业组织、非营利组织、公共部门和政府实体)的影响；-审查英国和日本民选官员使用电子通信进行选举和咨询活动的情况；-通过立法、法规、教育和政府提供改善儿童在线体验的方法的不同；-研究日本私人和公共演员使用闭路电视的缓慢增长，与英国众所周知的大规模使用闭路电视进行比较。

项目成果

The Open vs Closed Debate

公开辩论与封闭辩论

• 期刊: Journal of Information and Management (Journal of the Japanese Society for Information and Management)
• 作者: A. A. Adams (Author)

Facebook Code: Social Network Sites Platform Affordances and Privacy

Facebook 代码：社交网站平台功能和隐私

• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: Journal of law, Information and Science
• 作者: A. A. Adams

Virtual Sex with Child Avatars

与儿童头像的虚拟性爱

• 作者: A. A. Adams (Author)

The Development of Japanese Data Protection.

日本数据保护的发展。

• 期刊: Policy and Internet
• 影响因子: 4.9
• 作者: A. A. Adams (Author)

Emerging Social Norms in the UK and Japan on Privacy and Revelation in SNS.

英国和日本关于 SNS 隐私和披露的新兴社会规范。

• 期刊: International Review of Information Ethics
• 作者: Andrew Adams (Author)