Article: Ethics online.(disContent)

Most of us obey the law as it pertains to econtent--or at least try to. Most writers follow some set of policies (possibly implicit). Yet online, a great deal of content lies in the ambiguous middle ground, governed by amorphous rules. Call it ethics, call it mores: These are the rules of good behavior that fall between law and policy.

Let's consider the most widespread and woolliest form of econtent: blogs. Even though most blogs have become ghosts, there are tens of millions of active blogs. Some people think of bloggers as "citizen journalists" and suggest that the ethics for blogging should be the same as for journalists. That's nonsense. Most bloggers are not ...

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