Dr Ethan R Plaut

BA (ad hoc: Formal Systems and the Arts), MSJ (Journalism) Northwestern University; MA (Communication) MS (Computer Science) PhD (Communication) Stanford University

Lecturer

In: Social Sciences » Faculty of Arts

Biography

Ethan Plaut is a Lecturer in Communication at the University of Auckland specializing in computational media, disconnection and communication avoidance, digital journalism and propaganda, and media ethics. He previously held postdoctoral fellowships in Computer Science and Rhetoric at Stanford University and is also a former journalist, including three years at an independent newspaper in Cambodia.

Teaching | Current

COMMS 208 Digital Communication Ethics
COMMS 301 Digital Communication and Practice

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Hughes, J., Plaut, E., Wang, F., Von Briesen, E., Brown, C., Cross, G., ... Myers, P. (2020). Global and Local Agendas of Computing Ethics Education. Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE. 10.1145/3341525.3387423
Plaut, E. R. (2016). Enlightenment, the remix: Transparency as a DJ's trick of seeing everyone from nowhere. Communication, Culture and Critique, 9 (2), 303-321. 10.1111/cccr.12107
Messing, S., Jabon, M., & Plaut, E. (2016). Bias in the flesh: Skin complexion and stereotype consistency in political campaigns. Public Opinion Quarterly, 80 (1), 44-65. 10.1093/poq/nfv046
Plaut, E. R. (2015). Technologies of avoidance: The swear jar and the cell phone. First Monday, 20 (11)10.5210/fm.v20i11.6295