Misinformation, Social Media, and the Price of Political Persuasion: Examining Twitter’s Decision to Ban Purchased Political Advertisements [PDF]
Greta Thunberg and Her Harsh Critics: The Ethics of Criticizing Children in the Public Sphere [PDF]
How Vigilant Should Cable News Be About Political Messages? CNN’s Rejection of Trump’s Political Advertisements [PDF]
Secret Facebook Groups and the Ethics of Democracy: Are Secret Facebook Groups Good for Democracy? [PDF]
Whose Image is It to Use? The Ethics of Persuasive Pictures in Political Advocacy [PDF]
Angry for Change: The Ethics of Politicized Outrage [PDF]
Freedom Of Skepticism and the Social Responsibility of the Powerful: Trump’s Refutation of Expertise During the Covid-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Ghosting the People? The Ethics of Political Speechwriting [PDF]
The Paradox of Pathos: The Ethics of Emotions in Political Communication [PDF]
Politics in the Age of Digital Information Overload: Facebook’s Policy to Allow Misleading Political Ads [PDF]
Campaign Promises and Vague Rhetoric: The Ethics of Strategic Ambiguity over Medicare for All [PDF]
Campaigning for Your Enemies: Deceptive Motives in Political Advertising [PDF]
The Ethics of Anonymous Criticism in Political Journalism: The New York Times and the Unknown Trump Official [PDF]
Ethics and the Tweeter in Chief: The Ethics of the Presidential Communication [PDF]
No Comment: Online Comment Sections and Democratic Discourse [PDF]
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