Citizen Media: Fundamental Ethics

Subjects to be Discussed

• Are You Really You?

• What’s Your Context?

• Is Yours Definitely Mine?

• Dare to Speech Differently?

Daily Activities : ICT Watch Researcher Ashoka Social Entrepreneur Fellow E-Business & Digital Media Lecturer

(UPH, LSPR, Binus, Paramadina) Internet Sehat Activist Before: Journalist to Vice President

at Detikcom (‘99 – ‘10)

Formal Educations : Master: University of Indonesia,

Communication Management 2002 Bsc: Gunadarma University,

Computer Science 1998

e-mail: dbu @donnybu.com Blog: donnybu.com twitter: @donnybu

mobile: +62-818-930932

Workshop / Conferences : • Global Partners Workshop, London – UK (June, 2013) • Cyber Dialogue, Toronto – Canada (March, 2013) • IGF MAF Meeting, Paris – France (February, 2013) • IGF 6th, Baku – Azerbaijan (November, 2012) • BestBits, Baku - Azerbaijan (November, 2012) • Freedom Online, Nairobi – Kenya (September, 2012) • Open eGovernment, Bangkok – Thailand (July, 2012) • ASEM Human Rights & ICT, Seoul – Korea (June, 2012) • International Media Conf., Seoul – Korea (June, 2012) • Internet at Liberty, Washington DC – USA (May, 2012) • Transparency Camp, Wash. DC – USA (April, 2012) • Cyber Dialogue, Toronto – Canada (March, 2012) • News & Civic Media, Cambridge – USA (June, 2011) • Ashoka/Knight Journalism, Wash. DC – USA (June, 2011) • Open Net Initiative , Ontario – Canada (June, 2010) • IGF 4th, Sharm El Sheikh – Egypt (November, 2009) • Open Net Initiative, Sharm El Sheikh – Egypt (Nov., 2009)

Brief Bio: Donny B.U.

Case 1: Are You Really You?

• Identity Construction: identity is something we put together with the help of others

• Identification: open-ended & life-long identify construction project

• Disembodiment: identity which was no longer dependent on, or constrained by, physical appearance

• Identity Play: pretending to be someone else or just portraying different aspects of yourself

We have an Identity to Play

Source: Computer Mediated Communication + Digital Media Ethics

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• Anonymity: is not always means unidentifiable! It’s dependent on the context of communication

• Contexts: channel, participants, duration, topic, sync/async, public/private

• Reasons: 1). privacy & safety, 2).honesty, 3). personality & character

• Choices: freedom of constraints or freedom of responsibility!

Is Anonymous Equal to Freedom?

Source: Computer Mediated Communication + Digital Media Ethics

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Case 2: What’s Your Context?

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Alice: “Which road do I take?” Cheshire cat: “Where do you want to go?” Alice: “I don't know.” Cheshire cat: "Then, it doesn't matter.“ (Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland)

Why You Are Here?

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Low Context vs High Context

Context on Communication

Context on Communication

Case 3: Is Yours Definitely Mine?

What’s Mine is Yours, book cover

The Pirates: It’s (Not) Cool! Really?

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• If it doesn't have a copyright notice, it's not copyrighted.

• If it's posted to online, it's in the public domain.

• If I don't charge for it, it's not a violation.

• My posting was just fair use.

• If you don't defend your copyright you lose it

The Myth of Pirates Statement

source: templetons.com

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The Power of Sharing

linimassa.org movie: CC Licensed

Case 4: Dare to Speech, Differently?

Different? Manipulation!

“In a society where the general population has been indoctrinated and manipulated by those who control the media, free speech may simply serve the interests of the powerful and be as effectives as repressive censorship in a totalitarian society…” (Warburton: Free Speech)

Information Control = Censorship

Freedom of Information = Human Rights

Fight for Your Rights!

Always Wise While Online

“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow...”

Think Before Posting!

Chinese Proverb

Closing: Ethics is “What do I do?”

1. The ethic of transparency We believe public deserves to know about us and our

perspective to better judge what we say

2. The ethic of conversation We do not believe in one-sided lectures. We believe

conversation leads to better understanding

3. The ethic of humanity We believe citizen media lives at a human level while old

media lives at an institutional level

4. The ethic of the link We believe one of our key jobs is to link public to other voices

/ source material so they may judge themselves

5. The ethic of correction We believe it is not about make no mistake at all, but the

most important is to correct errors quickly and openly

10 Practical Citizen Media Code of Ethics Sources: Dan Gillmor, Jeff Jarvis, Donny B.U.

6. The ethic of immediacy We believe the fast spread of information will deliver better

quality of information

7. The ethic of pluralism We believe the spirit of pluralism in the dissemination of

information will provide many benefits to society

8. The ethic of accuracy We believe accurate information is a must, resulted from

check and recheck process to obtain factual data

9. The ethic of fairness We believe we should be aware of what drives us, and always

willing to listen to those who disagree

10. The ethic of sharing We believe the knowledge based society is nothing without

the spirit and freedom of idea and information sharing Sources: Dan Gillmor, Jeff Jarvis, Donny B.U.

10 Practical Citizen Media Code of Ethics

Internet Safety & Privacy

Free Download: internetsehat.org

Remember, Ethics are “Colorful”

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Start Your Action, Now!

“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing… there will be no result.” (Mahatma Gandhi)

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Further discussion: dbu@donnybu.com

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