Develop a case study about an ethical issue in an online context and provide a short reflection on the issues you think that it raises. A poster presentation usually occurs at a conference. People...

Develop a case study about an ethical issue in an online context and provide a short reflection on the issues you think that it raises. A poster presentation usually occurs at a conference. People display posters of their research and may provide a short summary of the research (2-3 minutes). You will be assessed on a poster presentation of your case study (the poster and the presentation) and your research notes. Your notes should address the issues for the case study using the worksheet provided (the Ethical analysis of case studies worksheet in the further instructions folder).

• Develop your case study using various sources, including journalistic articles, academic articles on the general issue, government, non-government and industry reports, policy papers, social media, and screenshots. You should include notes from the required readings on values and ethics.




• Present your case study on a poster (to be cut and pasted into a Jamboard for display in the presentation)




• Include citations and a reference list in the Harvard style. Use page numbers for quotations, paraphrases, and the source of ideas or information. Do not include citations or references to sources that you have not looked up and read yourself. Learn how to cite secondary sources.

Potential topics are those covered in this unit: trolling, blasphemy, religious offense, hate speech, shaming, privacy, disinformation, fake news.

PowerPoint Presentation Communications Ethics, Policy & Law ATS3445 Case Study Research Kerri Klumpp Arts Librarian [email protected] Workshop Objectives: Case Study research Where to find different sources How to find different sources How to cite sources (next week) ATS3445 Assessment 3 suggested structure and marking rubric ATS3445: Meta-ethical Pluralistic Approach 5 SAMPLE CASE STUDY https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/02/24/twitters-rage-mob-should-be-stopped-but-justine-sacco-is-the-wrong-poster-child/ 6 IAC – employee guidelines for using social media? Twitter - guidelines for using its platform? Legal protections? Ethical perspectives? Sacco’s experience Other social media user’s experiences? DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES 7 https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES Search platform websites for policies: Copy & paste URL into Wayback Machine: https://archive.org/web/ 2022 2017 REPORTS, PUBLIC RESEARCH, STATISTICS Grey Literature Library Guide: https://guides.lib.monash.edu/grey-literature https://www.monash.edu/library ACADEMIC SCHOLARLY SOURCES NEWS Personal accounts in quotes Contemporaneous reporting (if event in the past or recent) Newspapers Library Guide: https://guides.lib.monash.edu/newspapers Provides access to paywalled news content HOW TO BUILD A SEARCH STRATEGY Select keywords (names, platforms, social and ethical issues) Select synonyms KeywordsSynonyms Online harassment“online shaming” / “public shaming” / “personal attack” Social media“social platforms” / “online platforms” / Twitter / Facebook Behaviour“code of conduct” Digitalinternet / online Most library databases will provide you with an Advanced Search feature, that allows you to combine different search terms. The following techniques will help you combine key words from your topic to make your search more effective. These are known as Boolean operators. Combining Keywords ACADEMIC SCHOLARLY SOURCES https://guides.lib.monash.edu/communications-media/databases-journals https://guides.lib.monash.edu/law-guides Searching Databases Journal Article Library Search eBook chapter Advanced search tips Citation searching is a method that can be done forward or backward in time. Forward citation searching retrieves records that have cited an item also known as “cited by”. This provides you with more recently published articles that may be relevant for your topic. Backward citation searching involves records that an item has cited (these will be located in the article’s reference list). This is also known as ‘snowballing’ – using known relevant articles to identify other key articles or search terms). Citation searching is useful to: Build an overview of an unfamiliar field (literature review) Trace the origins of an idea or reference Trace the impact or development of an idea FURTHER HELP https://www.monash.edu/library/help/meet-with-a-librarian https://www.monash.edu/learnhq ATS3445 Ethical analysis of case studies worksheet Use this worksheet to help you think through the issues for Assessments 3 and 4. You do not need to fill in every box in the grids. Fill in what is relevant. 1. Choose a single incident/ example of an act of communication. What happened? Briefly describe the act. Use neutral /factual terms. Include URLs for sources of information. 2. How common is this as a type of act? How is this related to a wider social issue? 3. The single example is your case study. Think down the columns to consider different aspects. SPEAKER CONTENT TARGET OR VICTIM MEDIA AUDIENCE CONSEQUENCES What was their intention/motivation? Was there anything ‘inherently’ wrong with the content? Eg provocative text – fighting words/ blasphemy. What happened to the target/victim? How was it circulated? In what media? Who was the intended audience (if it was not the victim/target)? What were the known consequences for different parties involved? What values did they say were important? Was there permission to use content? How did the victim say it affected them? Was there a secondary round of media? What was their response? What were the potential consequences for different parties involved? Did they display sincerity or accuracy? Was it deceptive or misleading? How? What values are important for the victim? How far did it circulate? Did this make things worse? What values do they hold important? Did they display negligence/ recklessness/ manipulativeness? Was it inaccurate? How? 4. What were the different evaluations/perspectives on this issue? Use quotations from reports, journalism, social media comments, legal responses. 5. Reference list of useful links and details of grey and academic literature: 6. Moral perspectives: What would ethical theorists you’ve read say of this? Cultural/religious values to be considered. Deontological: Consequences Virtues Political values eg equality/justice/freedom What would the world be like if everyone acted this way? What were the actual consequences? What would a wise or kind person have done? Was someone used as a means for something else? What were the potential consequences? Did this act contribute to the well being of community? 7. What moral responsibility did the media organisation have for this event? Could it have avoided or mitigated the harm? How? 8. Explain how you will apply the Perusall readings you have read so far. Which readings will you apply? Why? Provide quotations and citations including page numbers and full references. Reflect on how these readings relate to your topic, and what they show. Reading Reading Reading 9. Fill in a draft script for your presentation (around 300 words).