Group 1 will debate whether the internet is the end of private life, while Group 2 will debate whether internet transparency is necessary for security, honesty, and tranquility. The debate will focus on key paradoxes regarding privacy and the internet. These include the changing boundaries between public and private life online; how digital intimacy is defined by user actions, not identity; and whether transparency is seen as progress, though it may create a monitored world. The document provides source material for the debate groups to consider different perspectives on privacy in a digital age.
2. VINAY, José Sergio
JO, Junhyon
YANG, Chunjiayi
VOINEA, Andra
SAVOCA, Gabriele
LAUK, Andreas
WANG, Hsing-Yi
VIJAYKAR, Sneha
#1
THE DIGITAL
REVIEW
Press / digital review: digital
communication / facts news
Individual review of digital related topics
to be presented in a short talk (5 mn
max)
The article / document / photograph is
to be accessible for the entire group
(through a link or a photocopy or any
other copy)
3. #2
THE DEBATE
VINAY, José Sergio
MORITZ, Paloma
HU, Feining
SAVOCA, Gabriele
LU, Lanyao
LEJARD, Julie
JO, Junhyon
VOINEA, Andra
MASMEJEAN, Louise
LAUK, Andreas
LI, Mengying
ACHART, Isabelle
Group 1 Group 2
Is Internet the end of
our private life ?
Is Internet
transparency a
condition to security,
honesty and
tranquillity.
6. 1. OIKOS VS POLIS
INTIMACY AS A
POLITICAL QUESTION
7. THE PARADOX OF A
CONSTANTLY
CHANGING NOTION
• TRADITIONAL OPPOSITION BETWEEN
OIKOS (THE INDIVIDUALLY RULED
PERSONAL SPACE) AND THE POLIS (CITY)
• BEFORE THE 18TH CENTURY, NO
LEGITIMACY OF PRIVATE LIFE
HABERMAS « REPRESENTATIONAL
CULTURE »
• AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, THE
BOURGEOIS SOCIETY INVENTS PRIVATE LIFE
(EG. THE DIARY) SEPARATED FROM THE
PUBLIC SPHERE (OFFENTLICHKEIT).
• MASS MEDIA ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
WEAKENED THE PUBLIC SPHERE DURING
THE 20TH CENTURY.
• INTERNET – THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
PUBLIC SPHERE OF THE 21ST CENTURY – IS
INVADED BY PRIVATE LIVES AND A HIGH
CONFUSION BETWEEN PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC LIFE.