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Sep 10
Sep 10
Week 1 - Course Introduction:
Week 1 - Course Introduction:
Ethical relativism vs. Ethical Objectivism
Ethical relativism vs. Ethical Objectivism
a. Introduction to the course: Syllabus
b. What is ethics and why haven’t I studied
philosophy yet?
c. Right, wrong, less wrong, less right, more
wrong, more right
Sep 17
Sep 17
Week 2 - Ethics Meets Philosophy:
Week 2 - Ethics Meets Philosophy:
This Fabricated Story Actually Reveals Your True Essence! Are You Horrible or Good?
This Fabricated Story Actually Reveals Your True Essence! Are You Horrible or Good?
a. Sign up for weekly discussion leads in our
online class meeting
b. Ethic of Care: Introduction
c. Sharon leads discussion about ethical
relativism and ethical objectivism
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
2. Do the “Should You Kill The Fat Man” Philosophy Experiment:
2. Do the “Should You Kill The Fat Man” Philosophy Experiment:
4. Run-on sentences: Pay attention to the comma splice:
4. Run-on sentences: Pay attention to the comma splice:
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/sentences/run-on-sentences.html
Sep 24
Sep 24
Week 3 - Relationship vs. Justice
Week 3 - Relationship vs. Justice
Class group leads case study discussion on cat-fishing
Class group leads case study discussion on cat-fishing
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
1. Heinz Dilemma
2. Watch/interact with this YouTube video:
3. Listen to this radio program: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b008drfq
5. Case study activity for Week 3 is outlined in Canvas in the Modules section
Oct 1
Oct 1
Week 4
Week 4
Class group leads case study discussion on Aylan Kurdi case
Class group leads case study discussion on Aylan Kurdi case
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
1. Durham, M. G. (2018). Resignifying Alan Kurdi: News photographs, memes, and the ethics of embodied vulnerability, Critical Studies in Media Communication, 35(3), 240-258, DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1408958
3. Case study activity for Week 4 is in Canvas
Oct 8
Oct 8
Week 5
Week 5
Class group leads case study discussion on social media blunders
Class group leads case study discussion on social media blunders
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
1. Ronson, How one stupid tweet: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweetruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=0
2. Bowen, S. (2013). Using classic social media cases to distill ethical guidelines for digital engagement. Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 28, 119-133. (in Canvas)
3. Case study activity for Week 5 is in the Modules section of Canvas
Oct 22
Oct 22
Week 6 - Privacy:
Week 6 - Privacy:
Class group leads case study discussion on the Cuomo brothers
Class group leads case study discussion on the Cuomo brothers
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
1. Pech, G. & Liebel, R. (2006). Writing in solidarity: Toward an ethic of care for Journalism. Journal of Mass Media Ethics2, 21(2&3), 141-155
2. Please read several of the articles that are at the end of the case study for this week. Choose as many as you like – the quantity is up to you. But please watch this video – it is one of my favourites and I love the “no” refrain: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/03/31/governor-andrewcuomo-run-for-president-cpt-vpx.cnn
3. Case study activity Week 6 is in Canvas in the Modules section
Oct 29
Oct 29
Week 7 - New Media
Week 7 - New Media
Class group leads case study on photo shopping and “fake news”
Class group leads case study on photo shopping and “fake news”
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
2. Who creates fake news:
2. Who creates fake news:
https://fakenews.pressbooks.com/chapter/who-creates-fake-news/
3. What motivates people to spread fake news on social media:
3. What motivates people to spread fake news on social media:
https://fakenews.pressbooks.com/chapter/6-what-motivates-people-to-spread-fake-news-on-social-media/
4. Ronson, How one stupid tweet:
4. Ronson, How one stupid tweet:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=0
5. Jutras, Opinions are a risky business:
5. Jutras, Opinions are a risky business:
6. Case study in BB (always due by Friday at noon)
Nov 5
Nov 5
Week 8
Week 8
There is no written case study for this week –
there will be a lot going on with the US
election! Please stay informed of the news, as
I’m sure that there will be a lot happening AND
much of it will relate to this course. We will
meet online at 2.10 on 5 November and will
address the election in the US together with
progress in watching the Browder series.
Sharon will lead this discussion.
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
A choice:
A choice:
Please watch 13th, which is available for free, and is a film that everyone in
western contemporary society should see. If you choose option 2 and don’t
watch it as part of this course, put it on your list!
If you have a Netflix subscription, you can watch TIME: The Kalief Browder
Story. There are 6 episodes, all of which are entirely gripping.
If you find this kind of stuff interesting, watch them both! And if you are
really keen on this sort of ethical issue (the intersection of media ethics and
race) as I am, try watching When They See Us, LA92, The Rachel Divide, and
others that I can recommend if you are interested!
Nov 12
Nov 12
Week 9
Week 9
Kalief Browder/13th
Kalief Browder/13th
One group will address the Browder case
study, and the other will address the case
study questions in 13th
Case study activity for Week 9 is in Canvas in the Modules section.
Nov19
Nov19
Week 10
Week 10
One group will address question 1, and another group will address question 2
One group will address question 1, and another group will address question 2
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
1. Ringrose, J., Harvey, L., Gill, R. & Livingstone, S. (2013). Teen girls, sexual double standards, and ‘sexting’: Gendered value in digital image exchange. Feminist Theory 14(3), 305-323. (In Canvas)
4. Ethical decisionmaking frameworks: https://www.scu.edu/media/ethics-center/ethical-decision-making/AFramework-for-Ethical-Decision-Making.pdf
2. Plank, 7 Ways for women to disappear: http://www.vox.com/2016/9/9/12816180/women-disappear-men-policing (be sure to watch the video!)
5. Case study activity for Week 10 is in Canvas in the Modules section
3. Hasinoff, A. A. (2017). Sexting and privacy violations: A case study of sympathy and blame. International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 11(2), 202- 217. Retrieved from https://www.cybercrimejournal.com/Hasinoffvol11issue2IJCC2017.pdf. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1037391 (In Canvas)
Nov 26
Nov 26
Week 11 - Art and Entertainment:
Week 11 - Art and Entertainment:
Class group leads discussion on the ethics of filtering
Class group leads discussion on the ethics of filtering
Readings due at class meeting times
Readings due at class meeting times
1. Jill Walker Rettberg, Filtered Reality: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057%2F9781137476661_2.pdf (I also put a .pdf of this chapter in Canvas)
2. Review this document again: Ethical decisionmaking frameworks: https://www.scu.edu/media/ethics-center/ethical-decision-making/AFramework-for-Ethical-Decision-Making.pdf
3. Case study activity for Week 11 is in Canvas in the Modules section
Dec 2
Dec 2
Week 12 - Epic Finale: During our regular online meeting time (2:10 PM Thursday)
Week 12 - Epic Finale: During our regular online meeting time (2:10 PM Thursday)
Open Book Event
Open Book Event
This is an open-book event. Please bring your notes on all of the concepts, themes, events, and frameworks that we discussed this semester. You may bring EVERYTHING that you have, and I suggest getting together with your group to create a comprehensive summary (“cheat sheet” or “survival guide”) so that you can access information easily.
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