By Dongyan Wang

Summary of the readingUser-generated content: readers’ commentsAgenda-setting Ethical decision makingEthical frameworks of Aristotle and MillDiscussion

More communication opportunities in the digital public sphere

The feature of leaving comments The case of animal experimentation in the

reading The case study of Ye Shi Wen http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/oly

mpics/london/swimming/story/2012-07-31/doping-suspicions-olympics-swimming-Ye-Shiwen/56627342/1

Readers’ comments in agenda-setting

The feature of leaving commentshttp://www.dailychilli.com/buzz/19055-namewee-threatens-lin-dan-on-youtube

The against of leaving commentshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/

news/9440248/Ye-Shiwen-16-year-olds-Olympic-swim-impossible-says-coach-John-Leonard.html

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The case of “offensive video clip”

http://www.dailychilli.com/buzz/19055-namewee-threatens-lin-dan-on-youtube

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Based on your knowledge and previous experience;

Based your habits, or consequences.

Aristotle says moral virtues can be acquired by practice and habituation although it is hard to define a mean because of our natural tendencies;

any virtue is a mean of tow vices, e.g. courage is a mean of rashness and cowardice, which is also called golden mean.

(Aristotle, 2004 [Trans. Thomson]).

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Consequences

“Seek the greatest happiness for the greatest number”

“acting ethically means making decisions and taking actions that benefit people by maximizing ‘good’ and minimizing ‘bad.’”

(Thomas, 1985)

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Do you think online users could engage with agenda-setting or the agenda-setting processes of established professional media in today's digital era? How and Why?

Based on ethical frameworks of Aristotle and Mill, or other ethical principles, What should we keep in mind when we are making decisions on ethical issues or doing journalistic practice in the digital public sphere? (All the examples of animal experimentation, doping and offensive video clip involve ethical issues. You can take them as examples )