Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16008
Title: What happens online stays online? Virtual punishment in the real world
Contributor(s): Simpson, Brian H  (author)
Publication Date: 2011
DOI: 10.1080/13600834.2011.557494
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16008
Abstract: As the boundaries between the real and the virtual worlds become even more blurred in the age of social networking and online fantasy games it is timely to revisit the question of whether virtual (online) activities should have consequences in the real (offline) world. Is virtual harm 'real' such that real punishment should follow, or is it more appropriate that it be punished virtually instead? However, the more fundamental question this discussion poses is whether the virtual/real binary is an excuse for state surveillance of our minds with the objective of punishing us, not for what we have done, but for what we are fantasising about.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: SLSA 2010: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Bristol, United Kingdom, 30th March - 1st April, 2010
Source of Publication: Information and Communications Technology Law, 20(1), p. 103-104
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: Bristol, United Kingdom
ISSN: 1469-8404
1360-0834
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 180119 Law and Society
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 940499 Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
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