An example I thought of was the Black Lives Matter article that was posted on the blog space for this class. Through this article people started to comment their opinion, thus entering this technological public space where the people can have a debate over issues. Some people were mad about the article and some people really resonated and agreed with it. Through this came a lot of discussion and comments that may not have happened if it were face to face. Technology challenges notion between public and private life because with technology being so prevalent as it is today, its hard to have a private life. These conversations, such as commenting your stance on BLM, allow people to learn through difference. There is also no "final answer" through discussion in the public arena, but where one takes a ground stance, and engages with others stances as well.
Friday, October 16, 2015
Chapter 6
"Public discourse ethics protects and promotes a place of conversation for diversity of ideas and persons"(100). This "public arena" to contest ideas promotes learning through difference, which we can relate to the previous chapter we read about Dialogue Communication Ethics. One aspect of this chapter I found interesting was the private vs public life. An example of private life is talking with your friend one to one and if this information was known to the public then that would defeat the point of the relationship between the two people. I think that the internet and social media platforms challenge this notion because there is no distinct line between private and public discourse.
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I think you bring up a great point about how Pubic vs. Private information being manipulated with social media. I think sometimes the line is faded and self-disclosure in public space is a key component. I like how the book states, "communication ethics in private life depends upon the strength of communication ethics in public life" (Pg. 105). Therefore our decision in both public and private usually are similar.
ReplyDeleteI think being able to express opinions such as on the article of "Black Lives Matter" it opens up a public discourse that plays with private vs. public opinion, but also the need for finding the 'Good' of holding people accountable for their behavior. I think those two can be closely correlated because holding someone accountable is usually the consequence of public or private notion of information shared in the public.