The Ethics of Digital Well-Being: A Thematic Review
35 Pages Posted: 12 Mar 2019 Last revised: 2 Apr 2019
Date Written: February 7, 2019
Abstract
This article presents the first thematic review of the literature on the ethical issues concerning digital well-being. The term ‘digital well-being’ is used to refer to the impact of digital technologies on what it means to live a life that is good for a human being, and review the existing literature on the ethics of digital well-being, with the goal of mapping the current debate and identifying open questions for future research. The review identifies key issues related to four key social domains: healthcare, education, governance and social development, and media and entertainment. It also highlights three broader themes: positive computing, personalised human-computer interaction, and autonomy and self-determination. The review argues that three themes will be central to ongoing discussions and research by showing how they can be used to identify open questions related to the ethics of digital well-being.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, digital well-being, ethics of technology, positive computing, self-determination
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