ETHICS for Media Psychology |
Part II: Assessing the Ethical Impacts of Media and Technology
-> Week 9- Media ethics and literacy - Focus on Fake News (July 10 - 17 - 2017)
Competencies and QuestionsEssential question(s): What is the history of media ethics? How do we distinguish between media ethics as applied to producers of media, and media ethics as experienced by media consumers? What is the nature of media literacy? What are its historical roots? What are some of the basic tools and perspectives you can use to become "media literate"? How is media literacy a form of applied, behavioral media ethics?
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
Optional resources
Optional: Video resources
Optional: web resources
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Content and ActivitiesView screencast overview
Start by watching the screencast overview of this week's materials. This will orient you to this week's web materials. Overiew As we have seen in this course, ethics can be a very vague concept. The word "media" can also be quite confusing, particularly now, during times in which our media ecology is roiling with change. Taken together, the term "media ethics" describes something very vague and imprecise. I have created a short report about the nature and evolution of media ethics and media literacy that should help untangle this concept. It is too long to post here, therefore, please read through it and then return here. Read these articles
After you have read my report, please read these articles:
Optional reading If you have time, please read the following:
Read The Following "Point-Counterpoints" Discussions Here are two exchanges of ideas about medial literacy and ethics between some of the greatest thinkers in these areas:
2. Point-Counterpoint between Potter and Hobbs. I don't think these two articles were meant to be a formal, "through the journals" debate. But given that Hobbes responded directly to an article by Potter, these two articles create a very informed context for considering the nature of modern media literacy and media ethics. First read Potter's article, then read Hobb's response. The State of Media Literacy, W. James Potter. Abstract: Media literacy is a term that means many different things to different people—scholars, educators, citizen activists and the general public. This article reviews the variety of definitions and presents a synthesis of commonalities that most definitions of media literacy share. The review presents an overview of how media literacy has been treated as an issue in curriculum design within the institution of education, and then how it has been treated as an intervention by parents and researchers. ©2010 Broadcast Education Association Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 54(4), 2010, pp. 675–696 DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2011.521462 ISSN: 0883-8151 print/1550-6878 online The State of Media Literacy: A Response to Potter, by Renee Hobbs Abstract: Potter’s essay on the state of media literacy purports to represent the current state of the field, but omits much of the innovative work that has emerged in the last 10 years from scholars across the fields of communication, education and public health. The review does not include mention of the development of numerous media literacy education initiatives by educational practitioners working in both formal and in informal education. By conceptualizing media literacy as a response to counteract the negative effects of mass media and popular culture, Potter fails to capture the depth and complexity of the field. © 2011 Broadcast Education Association Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 55(3), 2011, pp. 419–430 DOI: 10.1080/08838151.2011.597594 ISSN: 0883-8151 print/1550-6878 online. View
James Burke's explanation of the evolution of printing. Recall that to McLuhan, there are three primary historical periods:
Moodle question of the week
To be announced by the Moodle leader. As always, it will focus on something in news as seen through the lens of this week's materials. Moodle Questions, Postings:
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