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Dec 06, 2025
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JOUR 8130 - Ethics, Internet, and Society
Directed research and reading in the context of ethics, Internet, and society. Emphasis on communication theoretical, media critical, and ethical analyses of the Internet, and on Internet specific research strategies and methods.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- To analyze the specific media characteristics of the Internet from a historical and systematical point of view.
- To comprehend communication theoretical and ethical issues of online journalism and the Internet and reflect on journalists’ new roles and professional values in the global network society.
- To raise awareness of ethical and policy issues of the Internet and online journalism, their social impact, such as digital divide, diversity, net neutrality, etc.
- To reflect on particular issues of the Internet such as reliability problems, content changeability, hypertextuality, and interactivity.
- To understand (un)intended consequences of Internet and computer technology, such as privacy and security issues, plagiarism and intellectual property, as well as cyber-criminality and e-waste.
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