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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Ethical Social Media by The University of Sydney

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About the Course

Social media connects us across space and time, allowing us to find like-minded communities and participate creatively in public life as never before. We may often use social media without thinking much about the possible consequences. But there is a shadow side associated with social media use, which takes the form of hate speech, increased surveillance, lack of anonymity and questionable use of our data. What do we need to know to use social media spaces effectively, in a way that is safe and productive for all? This course will guide you into a deeper exploration of online identity, social media communities and their users. You will examine the ways that social media is being used by public institutions such as government to build participation and conversation with audiences. You will encounter the most common ethical debates in social media. You will also have the opportunity to build your practical skills by developing your professional social media profile, defining your audience, building your social media influence and understanding how to interpret data analytics to "listen" and communicate well....

Top reviews

BK

Sep 19, 2016

All users are good at using social Media but they don't really understand the SM Ethics. Thanks to this course to give us the world view on SM Ethics. Love the course

DA

Nov 28, 2020

It is a very good introductory course. Broadens your view on social media and points out main concepts. Easy to listen and very good reading material!

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By Muhammad K

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May 4, 2017

This course have increased my knowledge about Social Media and how to plan Social media strategy. Provided materials was good too. Thanks.

By Ally M

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Dec 28, 2016

Having to pay before you take the course is really disappointing. Not many students to interact with because of this. Course was very basic also. Not worth the money. Coursera offers many quality courses which are much better than this one.

By SARAH M

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Oct 27, 2022

it was awesome as i have an expanded knowledge in journalism ranging from face to face communication to social media communication.

By Jaime L

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Oct 24, 2018

Very interesting topic and explanations on how to tackle it in the new era

By Vivek S

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Jun 2, 2020

Very Good Course. I liked the content. The only difficulty I faced was the Forum was less active.

By Fahad M

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May 10, 2020

It was good, but could be more practical rather than just lectures and theories.

By Scott S

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Jun 11, 2019

Content is largely out of date, finicky wording on questions, no fellow students to "grade" (yet, it forms part of the assessment).

Great idea though, had high hopes!

By Eva V

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Dec 17, 2016

This course gives a great overview of the aspects concerning ethics you have to keep in mind while working with social media. This course has helped me to get a better grip on issues like privacy and accessibility. It says that reading the articles will take you 10 minutes, it took me an hour. I loved the variety of tutorials, interviews, assignments, readings etc. I would have preferred that my final assignment was reviewed by the professor himself.

By Fauza A

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Sep 5, 2021

This course enlighten me about the social media ethics that I did not thought of it before. The explanation of every modules is well-defined and comprehensive as well. Through this lesson, I absorbed various learning not only about ethics, but about social media networks, analytics, campaigns, and the intention of social media itself. Sending my biggest gratitude to Dr. Jonathon Hutchinson for decking up this module excellently.

By Dorothée

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Mar 24, 2021

The course gave me a good overview, and let me reflect once more on many things: what's so social about social media, data analytics, social media users (communities and networks), participatory culture and media organizations, and the ethics of social media and people with disabilities. If you are completely new to this, this is ideal. Even if you have been active in social media for years, it is going to be interesting.

By Kristen S

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Sep 12, 2023

Highly recommend this course if you are considering online research or just want to brush up on ethical considerations in social media. I appreciated the videos, especially the interviews with prestigious people working in the field, and the reading material. Overall, wonderful class. Thank you!

By Premila G

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Oct 23, 2020

This course broaden my knowledge about social media ethics and how to run a social media campaign ethically. Very clear content, delivery and the assignments are very useful for actual implementation of a campaign. Thank you very much for instructor - university and coursera.

By Matheus L d S

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Jun 7, 2022

Curso excelente para aprimorar os conhecimentos teóricos sobre redes sociais, entendendo desde cases famosos da internet a formas de utilizar e ter melhor proveito das ferramentas disponibilizadas, seja para uso pessoal, profissional ou em campanhas.

By BILU K

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Sep 20, 2016

All users are good at using social Media but they don't really understand the SM Ethics. Thanks to this course to give us the world view on SM Ethics. Love the course

By Deleted A

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Nov 29, 2020

It is a very good introductory course. Broadens your view on social media and points out main concepts. Easy to listen and very good reading material!

By Jorge L M G

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Jul 26, 2020

Very interesting. I will recommend it to both future social media managers as well to academic researchers.

By Darshit

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Aug 17, 2020

Overall Very Good Experience With The Courseera

By Rigoberto P

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Sep 23, 2020

Great course. Congratulation!

By Pranav

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Jun 1, 2020

Excellent course.

By Belén L R

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Apr 5, 2020

Great MOOC!

By Pritam C

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Apr 15, 2021

great miss

By itsStaci.G S

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Apr 18, 2021

I enjoyed and learned so much, thank you, however I’ve had to do 2 of the sections twice and it still shows in progress or 1 assignment due, when I click on it it’s completed

I’ve also got a congratulations on finishing from the professor yet still showing more !!

As far as that goes - no stars

The teaching- 4 stars

I feel as if this maybe fake

By Maria E G S

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Nov 26, 2020

Interesting course but it needs more update since social media is constantly changing. Very few takers so it will take a long time for your assignment to be graded by your peers. But overall a great online course. Thank you!

By Margherita

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Apr 17, 2018

This course gave me the opportunity to think about social media in a new way.

I liked the lesson number 4 because it was the most "practical".

By Shreyasi J

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Sep 28, 2020

This was a very unique yet interesting course. I learnt a lot about things which seemed really trivial before!