Communication, Space and Identity

July 7, 2015 - July 15, 2015
University of Canterbury

Queenstown
New Zealand

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Panel proposals and individual papers are invited for the ethics stream of
the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association annual conference.

The conference will be held from 8-10 July in Queenstown, Aotearoa New
Zealand. 

http://www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/conferences/anzca//

The theme of the conference is Communication, Space and Identity. Papers and panel proposals are invited on the following issues:

Recent attacks on the office of Charlie Hebdo, and the renewed suggestions
that the Australian Government should abandon section 18C of the Racial
Discrimination Act, ask us to inquire, if Australians are not Charlie (as
one journalist has observed), why not? Why might giving offense be morally
wrong? Under what circumstances is it morally acceptable to give offense?
Do the conditions of mediatization and globalisation change the moral
nature of attacks on identity?

Other recent events such as the 'Gamergate' controversy and attacks on
journalists and academics including defamation, threats and stalking raise
new questions regarding computer-mediated communication and the ethics of communication. When do online attacks exceed the right of freedom of expression, and become denials of the rights of others? Moreover, as the International Communications Association has observed, there is a need for research into the cultures of interaction that are created in online
communities. What are the ethical implications of different cultures? Do
'communities' necessarily have a positive value, or can they be morally
condemned?

Anonymity may be considered the expressive equivalent of the ring of Gyges. Plato's famous tale questioned what motive a person who is invisible has to be good (http://sites.wofford.edu/kaycd/plato/). Similarly, anonymity is held responsible for multitudes of unethical acts, from bullying to defamation What is the value of anonymity? Is it, as some people have suggested, a right?

Other issues may include interrogations of the nature of privacy and its
value, the ethical difference between whistle-blowing and leaking,
reputation and defamation, and journalism ethics.

All papers, panel proposals and abstracts should be submitted online
through the conference website by Friday 27 February. Full papers that are
submitted by this date will be double-blind reviewed, and are eligible for
publication in the conference proceedings. Panel proposals will be reviewed
by the conference organising panel. All people who submit a paper, panel
proposal or abstract will be notified whether their contribution has been
accepted by late March. Reviews will be sent people who submit papers by by 28 April, for revision by 5 June.

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