If you actively use the internet to advance your business and professional endeavors, you are a cyber citizen and this book is for you. As a good cyber citizen, you want to stay legal online and protect your online interests. The Cyber Citizens Guide Through the Legal Jungle addresses legal issues that arise during each step of establishing and maintaining your professional online presence whether you blog, podcast, operate a website, publish an email newsletter, host a fan site, or offer original content on a social networking site.

A guide to using the Internet to find information about the United States government that explains how on-line Americans can influence lawmakers, provides listings of the best political, government, and news web sites, and offers advice on how to use a computer to become more involved in the government.

Cyber environments have become a fundamental part of educational institutions, causing a need for understanding the impact and general principles of ethical computer use in academia. With the rapid increase in the use of digital technologies in classrooms and workplaces worldwide, it is important that part of the training that takes place for students is how to be good cyber citizens, who are ethical in the decisions that they make and in their interactions with others across digital platforms. Emerging Trends in Cyber Ethics and Education is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of ethics and education within online environments. While highlighting topics such as computer simulation, corporate e-learning, and plagiarism detection, this publication explores effective ways of utilizing digital landscapes for online education, as well as the methods of improving cyber security frameworks. This book is ideally designed for educators, IT developers, education professionals, education administrators, researchers, and upper-level graduate students seeking current research on secure and educational interactions in digital landscapes.

In Cyber Ethics, students learn about Netiquette, getting tips and strategies about what is proper and safe etiquette for cyberspace. This handbook offers young teens strategies for making good choices online and for staying safe, using proper filters and pop-up blockers, using monitored chat rooms, never agreeing to meet an online friend, never giving out personal information or filling out registration forms for online contests, checking with parents before making a financial transaction, not downloading files without permission, etc.. They will read about the do’s and don’ts in writing e-mails, in using social networks, in chatting in groups/forums, or on blogs, learning that they have to take responsibility while they are at the computer. The cyber ethics book will touch on all the other titles in this series, but will also address being ethical about appropriating other people’s work for creative endeavors; the notion of being respectful when giving feedback on other people’s work; of being courteous, tolerant, among other things, with respect to various cultural sensibilities that they might encounter in cyberspace.

The Internet’s rapid diffusion and digitization of economic activities have led to the emergence of a new breed of criminals. Economic, political, and social impacts impacts of these cyber-criminals’ activities have received considerable attention in recent years. Individuals, businesses, and governments rightfully worry about the security of their systems, networks, and IT infrastructures. Looking at the patterns of cybercrimes, it is apparent that many underlying assumptions about crimes are ?awed, unrealistic, and implausible to explain this new form of criminality. The empirical records regarding crime patterns and stra- gies to avoid and ?ght crimes run counter to the functioning of the cyberworld. The ?elds of hacking and cybercrime have also undergone political, social, and psychological metamorphosis. The cybercrime industry is a comparatively young area of inquiry. While there has been an agreement that the global cybercrime industry is tremendously huge, little is known about its exact size and structure. Very few published studies have examined economic and institutional factors that in?uence strategies and behaviors of various actors associated with the cybercrime industry. Theorists are also debating as to the best way to comprehend the actions of cyber criminals and hackers and the symbiotic relationships they have with various players.