Sunday 20 December 2009

Review-"comments and ethics"

Topic of this paper was "Comments and ethics." It is very interesting, intriguing and topical issue. My recommendation would be to restrict the title or topic, as in this case, the paper is too vague, and it can be also seen in the work content. Maybe it is because of the low number of team mates, but many aspects are not recognized, and with two sub-themes the work does not form the one whole paper. However, the text was very interesting and well written.

Part which discussed Estonia, could include more different examples of portals and how they deal with this problem and how they have solved it at the moment for themselves. Ideally, the work could also reflect similar portals around the world. Then the comparison would have been a possibility.

I would also like to read more about the "collective brain", different approaches and examples. I think that newspapers should abolish an anonymous comment, precisely the fact that at the moment negative comments are more common because the anonymity encourages to comment and in my point of view personal comments would bring the truth out and the truth "of a collective brain behavior".

More could also be pointed out an anonymous and personal comment pluses and minuses, and explain why one or the other is preferred. I think theoretical background should also been attached.

One intriguing aspect of the subject are anonymous threats. For example in recently happened school shooting threat in Estonia. Does an anonymous gives the opportunities to threat?

References of the paper were real good.

In conclusion, I found a number of drawbacks in the work, and I saw opportunities to improve, but it was a paper which was done well, it was an enjoyable read. In addition, the work made me think, to argue against and to look for additional materials, so for me, it fulfilled its purpose.


Link to wiki: http://code.google.com/p/ethicsandlawinnewmedia/wiki/MainPage