Abstract
Recent technical progress of social networking tools and online mapping devices enabled citizens to send, share, and manipulate digital geographic information. However, it also enabled citizens to exercise the power of mapping without learning the respective codes of ethics. In this paper, the author describes a recent online-agitated riot that occurred in France, in 2018, to demonstrate how a single tweet could generate a massive riot. Applying the notion of geovigilantism and connective action, the author argues that the recent technical innovations in GeoIT are creating new ethical challenges. The author illustrates how the literature in the relevant fields has neglected the necessity of establishing geographic information ethics 2.0 in the current decade.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 445-453 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | GeoJournal |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021/02 |
Keywords
- #Purge
- Connective action
- Geographic information ethics 2.0
- Geovigilantism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development