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User-generated content and Ethical consideration
in the digital public sphere
By Dongyan Wang
IntroductionSummary of the readingUser-generated content: readers’ commentsAgenda-setting Ethical decision makingEthical frameworks of Kant and AristotleDiscussion
Why Comments More communication opportunities in the
digital public sphere The feature of leaving comments The case of animal experimentation in
the reading The case study of Ye Shi Wen http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/
olympics/london/swimming/story/2012-07-31/doping-suspicions-olympics-swimming-Ye-Shiwen/56627342/1
Agenda-setting Readers’ comments in agenda-setting
The feature of leaving commentshttp://www.dailychilli.com/buzz/19055-namewee-
threatens-lin-dan-on-youtube
The against of leaving commentshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/
9440248/Ye-Shiwen-16-year-olds-Olympic-swim-impossible-says-coach-John-Leonard.html
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Decision making Based on your knowledge and previous
experience Based your habits
Ethical framework of Kant Duty Kant thinks only a good will, duty, has
moral worthy leading to maxims and principles
Humanity principle
Ethical Framework of Aristotle
Virtue Aristotle says any virtue is a mean of tow
vices, e.g. courage is a mean of rashness and cowardice, and moral virtues can be acquired by practice and habituation although it is hard to define a mean because of our natural tendencies
(Aristotle, 2004 [Trans. Thomson]).
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Golden meanexcess MEAN deficiency
rashness Courage cowardice
boastfulness Truthfulness understatement
shyness Modesty shamelessness
envy Righteous malicious
obsequiousness Friendliness cantankerousness
indulgence Justice indifference
caution Wisdom
Discussion Tasks
Do you think online users could engage with agenda-setting or the agenda-setting processes of established professional media in today's digital era? How and Why?
Based on ethical frameworks of Kant and Aristotle, What should we keep in mind when we are making decisions on ethical issue or doing journalistic practice in the digital public sphere? (All the examples of animal experimentation, doping and offensive video clip involve ethical issues. You can take them as examples )