Ethical Agency in a Changing Media and Communication Landscape
The first instalment of the “Ethics Ex Machina? Agency, Autonomy, and Accountability in the Digital Media Environment” workshop series
October 6
9:30-9:45 |
Welcome |
9:45-11:00 |
Keynote: Making Mistakes: Algorithmic Errors as a Way of Understanding the Sociotechnical Construction of Public Problems Mike Ananny (Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California) |
11:00-11:15 |
Break |
11:15-12:00 |
How Far Should the Mainstream Media Go? Ethical Responsibility of the Representation of Far-Right and Radical Right Entrepreneurs in the Mainstream Media Sphere Gwenaëlle Bauvois (University of Helsinki) |
12:00-13:15 |
Lunch |
13.15-14:30 |
Panel: Social and Ecological Responsibility of Digital Technology Salla-Maaria Laaksonen (University of Helsinki), Minna Vigren (Aalto University), Matti Pohjonen (University of Helsinki), Thomas Olsson (Tampere University) |
14:30-14.45 |
Break |
14.45-16:00 |
Panel: Datafication of Education Stina Bengtsson, Göran Bolin, Saralie Sernhede, Yanti Sastrawan, Azul Romo Flores (Södertörn University) |
16:00-16:30 |
Break |
16:30-17:15 |
Freedom of Expression and Accountability on Instagram: How to Ensure That Social Media Influencers Follow Ethical Guidelines? Randa Romanova (University of Helsinki) & Alberto Monroy Trujillo (Complutense University of Madrid) |
17:15-18:00 |
Panel: Personalisation in Journalism — Ethical Insights and Blindspots Henrik Rydenfelt (University of Helsinki), Lauri Haapanen (University of Jyväskylä), Jesse Haapoja (Aalto University), Tuukka Lehtiniemi (University of Helsinki) |
October 7
9:00-9:45 |
Into the Slow Field: Existential Media Studies and the Ethics of Attending in the (Digital) Limit Situation Amanda Lagerkvist (Uppsala University) |
9:45-10:30 |
From Eve to Eva: Narratives, Phronemoi, and Virtues for Good Lives in More Than Human Webs of Relationships Charles Ess (University of Oslo) |
10:30-10:45 |
Break |
10:45-12:15 |
Panel: The Ethics of Digital Death, Mourning and Immortalization Johanna Sumiala (University of Helsinki), Anu Harju (University of Helsinki), Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska (Adam Mickiewicz University) |
12:15-13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30-14:15 |
Moral Standing in Human-Machine Communication: Some Pragmatist Perspectives Mats Bergman (University of Helsinki) |
14:15-15:00 |
Suffering Animals and a Theory of Moral-Communicational Status Tatu Matilainen (University of Helsinki) |
15:00-15:30 |
Break |
15:30-16:15 |
Data Ethics in the Making Theo Röhle (University of Gothenburg) & Petter Falk (Karlstad University) |
16:15-17:00 |
Council for Ethics in Communication Panel: Fostering Ethical Agency of Communication Professionals Laura Asunta (University of Jyväskylä), Hanna Rajalahti (Haaga-Helia), Salla-Maaria Laaksonen (University of Helsinki) |