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What about digital media ethics?

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  Check out  my video presentation  based on my final research paper on digital media ethics. I became drawn to this topic sometime earlier in the semester. I remember the concept being mentioned and wanting to learn more, so I am happy to have had the chance to explore digital media ethics in more depth through my paper. We've discussed "fake news" and plagiarism here, but I wondered if teachers had a responsibility to guide students through how to navigate other ethical challenges that have spawned in our Digital Age, like cyberbullying and hacking. This is a bit of an aside, but I like to watch these YouTubers that "catch" online scammers by hacking  their  computers. They're like these "Robin Hoods" of hacking, and it was sort of interesting to consider the convergence of hacking and ethics in that way, and how "hacking" could be used for "good."  So, what did I learn? I found out that digital media ethics is a heavily under...