Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Examples
eToys website where many people where
angry about what the company did and
eventually hurt the company so much that
they dropped the lawsuit.
To read more on this go to
http://digitalenterprise.org/ethics/ethics.html
Unethical policies used by some online
business
Governmental Laws
1998 Children’s Online Protection Act
(COPA) – protect children from material
harmful to children
– ruled unconstitutional because it restricted access
to a lot of material that was unnecessary which
violated the First Amendment.
Communicating With Children
Company Procedures
ask birth date to ensure the person is of age
and if not does not allow them to gain access
to the site.
– ex alcohol promoting websites
provide choices for registration select age
range and may ask for parents permission.
– ex Disney website
Communicating With Children
Marketing to Children
Companies depend on child for advertising
for their nag factor
– they beg their parents for things
they use cartoons and characters that
children can relate to including colors
4 million children a year use the internet –
estimated
Communicating With Children