New digital media and technologies of communication confront all of us with both familiar and sometimes novel ethical challenges and questions. This course will first introduce participants to an "ethical toolkit," - i.e., several philosophical frameworks commonly used for analysis of such challenges and questions.
We will explore these frameworks primarily in terms of how they are applied in praxis - i.e., to real-world examples of ethical challenges affiliated with digital media, including: privacy rights; copyright and copyleft; issues of sexuality and pornography online; violence and gratuitous sexuality in computer games; and citizenship in a world of sometimes radically diverse cultures that are increasingly interwoven with one another via computer-mediated communication (think: Mohammed Cartoons). Students will finally choose an issue / topic of their own particular interest for exploration and ethical analysis. Course offered by Department of Media studies, AU.
Period
01-08-2011 - 26-08-2011 (4 weeks)
Target group
For graduate students. Undergraduate students with passed 2nd year exam will be accepted, provided the bachelor studies are relevant for this course.
Course aim
Drawing from both media studies and philosophy (including political philosophy, ethics, and information ethics), the students will be able to: - examine central ethical challenges raised by digital media and their various uses. - explore several ethical frameworks often used in analyzing these issues- gain familiarity in applying these frameworks to a range of ethical issues evoked by digital media - both those already well-studied and new emerging issues, including those brought forward by students.
Credits
10.0 ECTS credits
Course fee
EUR 0. Visit website for information regarding fees
Course leader
Charles Ess
Aarhus University International Centre
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Postal code: 8000
City: Aarhus
Country: Denmark
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Digital Media Ethics
