Information practice, responsibility, and the ability to respond | Zendy

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Information practice, responsibility, and the ability to respond

Author(s) -

Kaczmarek Michelle,

Shankar Saguna,

Nathan Lisa P.

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

proceedings of the association for information science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.193

H-Index - 14

ISSN - 2373-9231

DOI - 10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501138

Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , relation (database) , scholarship , public relations , injustice , rhetoric , focus (optics) , generative grammar , engineering ethics , position (finance) , moral responsibility , political science , sociology , business , computer science , law , engineering , politics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , optics , finance , database , artificial intelligence

In situations when digital systems exacerbate bias and injustice, who should be held responsible? Who is in a position to respond effectively? This poster 1) critiques dominant rhetoric concerning responsibility and the ability to respond to the influence of digital information systems; 2) argues for the field of information science to contribute to this discussion beyond a focus on policy; and 3) calls for information scientists to draw upon and extend information practice scholarship by applying it as a generative lens for conceptualizing responsibility in relation to ethical data stewardship.

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