Experiencing Responsibility: A Phenomenological Approach to the Teaching of Media Ethics

One central concept in media ethics - and more broadly, in the field of applied ethics in general- is "responsibility". The contribution asks how can the term "responsibility" productively be considered in the class room? Since responsibility is always tied to agents, their actio...

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Main Author: Mäder, Marie-Therese 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie 2022
In: Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2022, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 83-98
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 4.1 Miles / Media / Ethics of responsibility / Pedagogics / Experience
IxTheo Classification:NCB Personal ethics
ZF Education
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B shortfilm
B Media Ethics
B phenomenological method
B Responsibility
B documentary
B Teaching
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Summary:One central concept in media ethics - and more broadly, in the field of applied ethics in general- is "responsibility". The contribution asks how can the term "responsibility" productively be considered in the class room? Since responsibility is always tied to agents, their actions and the consequences of these actions, the agents involved in the spaces of production, representation and consumption are identified. The phenomenological method of "lived experience" on which I draw as a pedagogical framework offers a particularly fruitful approach to put responsibility into practice. The framework puts the students’ viewing experience at the center of the considerations. In the second part of the contribution the considerations are discussed in the context of the short documentary 4.1 Miles (Daphne Matziaraki, GR/US 2016, 22 minutes). The film deals with the refugee crisis on the Greek island Lesbos, following the captain of a coast guard ship with his crew.
ISSN:2617-3697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.25364/05.8:2022.2.6