ETHICS for Media Psychology |
Part II: Assessing the Ethical Impacts of Media and Technology
-> Week 7- The Ethics of Living a Digital lifestyle (June 19 - 25 - 2017)
Competencies and QuestionsEssential question(s): What are the ethics of being immersed in "two worlds" (RL and IR)? What kinds of old and new ethical considerations are part of living a digital lifestyle? Who owns the data collected by our wearable technology and how is it being monetized? Could generating data be a form of unpaid labor? What happens when generating that data is institutionalized and compliance is mandatory for work or school or health care? How is data dataveillance the same or different from other forms of surveillance? What are the implications of living an editable, mashed-up lifestyle? In what ways do you already live a quantified lifestyle?
Competency focus this week Typically, most competencies are addressed in some way in each week's material. However, each week focuses on some competencies more than others. This week's competencies are identified below:
Objectives for this week:
Contributions, discussionsMoodle question of the week
To be announced by students Moodle leaders. As always, it will reflect this week's perspective applied to current issue of media and ethics. Moodle Questions, Postings:
Image Credits
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Content and ActivitiesOverview
The theme of this week's ethics inquiry is "the digital lifestyle." There are many ways to approach this topic. We will feature the perspective of "the quantified self," which is presented by Fielding Media Psychology PhD graduate, Caryn Wiley. At the heart of this week's activities is the question: What are the ethical considerations involved in enhancing, editing, documenting and augmenting ourselves? We will also consider the ethics of "the editable self," particularly how and why we edit ourselves to appear "more presentable" to our media-saturated culture. We also consider some of the issues associated with the ethics of living in a mashup culture, particularly the issue of "ouriginality." Watch screen casts Please watch these screen casts for this week:
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Optional reading Caryn also suggests you read the following if you have time:
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Please watch this TED Talk-
Optional Viewing Also watch these TED talks if you have time-
More about Chris Dancy From the TED Talk site: "Chris Dancy, Data Exhaust Cartographer, utilizes up to 700 sensors, devices, applications, and services to track, analyze, and optimize as many areas of his existence. "This quantification enables him to see the connections of otherwise invisible data, resulting in dramatic upgrades to his health, productivity, and quality of life." Visit
Visit these websites and do a bit of exploring:
Other issues to consider:
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