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1 Information ethics 2 Data privacy 3 Intellectual property 4 Algorithmic bias 5 Digital divide 6 Surveillance and security 7 Social media ethics 8 Health information ethics 9 Future of information ethics 10 Review
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Unit 10 Review

Learning outcomes

By the end of this unit you should:

  • know the 80 key terms related to information ethics
  • have practised comparing, contrasting and explaining those terms
  • be aware of the academic expectations related to writing
  • know the format of the final examination
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Activity 1: Vocabulary

This list contains of the important technical terms related to information ethics. The terms are grouped by the unit in which they were introduced.

Work alone, in pairs or groups. Describe, explain and provide examples for each of these terms.

  1. proposition
  2. assumption
  3. assertion
  4. premise
  5. conclusion
  6. argument
  7. deductive reasoning
  8. inductive reasoning
  9. sound conclusion
  10. cogent conclusion

  11. laws
  12. rules
  13. morals
  14. ethics
  15. deontological ethics
  16. teleological ethics
  17. virtue ethics
  18. rights-based ethics
  19. modus ponens
  20. modus tollens
  21. hypothetical syllogism
  22. disjunctive syllogism
  23. constructive dilemma

  24. intellectual property
  25. patents
  26. copyright
  27. trademark
  28. trade secret
  29. industrial design rights
  30. public domain
  31. fair use
  32. plagiarism

  33. affirming the consequent
  34. denying the antecdent
  35. undistributed middle term
  36. Algorithmic bias
  37. Data bias
  38. Historical bias
  39. Accessibility bias
  40. Economic bias
  41. Stereotyping
  42. Disproportionate impact
  43. Feedback loops
  44. Transparency
  45. Accountability
  46. Exclusion
  47. Ethical/Moral dilemmas
  48. Fairness

  49. Digital divide
  50. Information divide
  51. Mobile divide
  52. Information inequality
  53. Access disparities
  54. Internet accessibility
  55. Information poverty
  56. Homework gap
  57. Technological redlining
  58. Technological literacy
  59. Digital literacy
  60. Online participation
  61. Policy interventions

  62. Normative ethics
  63. Meta-ethics
  64. Applied ethics
  65. Consequentialism
  66. Care ethics
  67. Cognitivism
  68. Non-cognitivism
  69. Ethical hacking
  70. Hacktivism (portmanteau of hacking and activism)

  71. Disinformation
  72. Misinformation
  73. Echo chamber
  74. Surveillance capitalism
  75. Cybersecurity
  76. Social exclusion
  77. Political polarization
  78. Digital footprint
  79. FOMO
  80. Cancel culture

Activity 2: Academic writing

Work in pairs. Discuss the following features of academic writing.

  1. Accuracy
  2. Brevity
  3. Clarity
  4. Objectivity
  5. Formality

Activity 3: Examination preparation

Answer all THREE questions. You are time-limited and space-limited. You have one hour to draft your answers. You have a maximum of one-side of A4 paper for each answer.

  1. Draw a mind-map of XXXXX.
  2. Write an essay plan for XXXXX.
  3. Discuss the pros and cons of XXXXX with respect to information ethics.

Review

Can you answer yes to the following questions?

  1. Can you explain all the terms listed in this Unit?
  2. Do you understand the expectations regarding academic writing?
  3. Have you started to draft your annotated essay?

If you are not sure of the meaning of any of the technical terms above, ask.

Running count: 80 of 80 concepts covered so far.