WG 14.5 – Social and Ethical Issues in Entertainment Computing

est. 2005, rev. 2006

Aims

1. Foster the ethical design, development, implementation, applications and use of entertainment computing.
2. Encourage surveys and studies on social, ethical and cultural aspects of entertainment computing.
3. Develop methodologies for studying social, ethical and cultural implications of entertainment computing.
4. Establish a global platform for interaction, exchange, joint initiatives and co-operation between such groups as:
   • The end users of entertainment computing
   • Industrial developers and designers of entertainment computing
   • Policy, decision making, social and consultative bodies
   • Academics and scientists

Scopes

The social and ethical implications of entertainment computing including:

• Actual and potential human usefulness or harm of entertainment computing
• The social impact of these technologies
• Developments of the underlying infrastructure
• The rationale for innovation and design processes
• Dynamics of technology development
• Ethical development
• Cultural diversity and other cultural issues
• Education of the public about the social and ethical implications of entertainment computing, and of computer professionals about the effects of their work.

WG 14.5 explicitly cares about the position of, and the potentials for, vulnerable groups such as children, the less-educated, disabled, elderly and non-employed people, cultural minorities, unaware users and others.