'Digital Ethics Creative Content Contest' Introduces First-Ever Public Voting in Judging Process

Digital Ethics Creative Content Submissions Open Until October 6
Participation Open to Current and Prospective Teachers

The Korea Communications Commission announced on the 22nd that it will hold the "2023 Digital Ethics Creative Content Contest" in collaboration with the Korea Intelligent Information Society Agency. Entries will be accepted through the Digital Ethics website (www.디지털윤리.kr) until October 6. The contest, which began in 2010, is now in its 14th year. It has been discovering various contents aimed at presenting ways to protect oneself from the various dysfunctions of the digital world and fostering a healthy digital usage environment.

This contest is divided into two categories: digital ethics ‘awareness-raising content’ and ‘learning content.’ ▲The awareness-raising content category includes ① picture diaries (limited to elementary school students) ② posters ③ card news ④ webtoons ⑤ videos. ▲The learning content category consists of teaching and learning guides divided into ① curriculum-linked and ② creative experiential activity subfields.

Anyone interested in digital ethics, including elementary, middle, and high school students, adults, military personnel, and teachers, can participate. Notably, from this year, the learning content category allows participation not only from current teachers but also from prospective teachers (such as students at teacher training colleges and education departments).

Submitted works will be judged to select a total of 25 winners: ▲1 Presidential Award ▲1 Prime Minister Award ▲7 Korea Communications Commission Chairman Awards ▲3 Ministry of Education Minister Awards ▲1 Ministry of National Defense Minister Award ▲12 awards from organizing and sponsoring institutions. The winning works will be awarded at the ‘2023 Digital Ethics Exhibition’ held at the end of the year. This year’s judging will include not only evaluations by private experts but also a public participation vote (https://sotong.go.kr/) to encourage public interest and enhance the credibility of the judging process.

Kim Hyo-jae, Acting Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, stated, “Through this contest, we hope to promote public interest and participation in digital ethics and discover excellent content that helps raise digital citizenship awareness.” He added, “The Commission will also actively pursue policies and projects that anyone can apply in daily life to create a beautiful digital world.”

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