Information Integrity in the Information Age

Abstract

The converging technologies have changed the way we should look at information. Illustrations are used to discuss how we create, communicate and consume information in many different forms. The relationship between information and technology can be both beneficial and problematical. A set of fresh issues has been raised which needs to be fully explored and addressed if we are going to realise the full potential of the information society. The nature of information, the concept of information integrity and the use of information provenance are discussed. It is argued that in the information society there is a moral obligation to address information integrity. Information provenance offers a normative instrument for turning this moral obligation into ethical practice.