Events Overdoing Democracy 9 Feb 202110 Feb 2021 The Center for Media Engagement and Media Ethics Initiative Present: Overdoing Democracy: The Problem of Political Polarization Dr. Robert B. Talisse W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy Vanderbilt University March…
Events Metaphor and Post-Truth Rhetorics 8 Feb 20218 Feb 2021 The UT Austin Department of Communication Studies and the Center for Media Engagement Present: Metaphor’s Keepers: The Mobile Armies of Post-Truth Rhetorics Dr. Jenny Rice Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric,…
Events Press Freedom and Alternative Facts 10 Nov 2020 The Center for Media Engagement and Media Ethics Initiative Present: Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts David McCraw Senior VP & Deputy General Counsel The New York Times…
Case Studies… Who’s Helping Who in the Game of Lobbying? 27 Oct 202023 Mar 2021 CASE STUDY: The Ethical Challenges of Lobbying as Free Congressional Labor Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies Most Americans think that special interests have too much power in Washington (De Witte,…
Advertising/PR… Setting the Terms of the Debate 1 Oct 202023 Mar 2021 CASE STUDY: The Ethics of Strategic Framing in Political Advocacy Campaigns Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies For several hundred years, anti-death penalty advocates in the United States argued that…
Case Studies… The Ethics of Word Choice 28 Sep 202023 Mar 2021 CASE STUDY: Equivocation and Ambiguity in Political Communication Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies A July 2020 fundraising email for Marco Rubio for Senate sent from the Republican fundraising platform WinRed…
Case Studies… Political Speech or Legalized Bribery? 1 Sep 202023 Mar 2021 CASE STUDY: The Ethical Concerns Surrounding Lobbying Practices Case Study PDF| Additional Case Studies For those that cynically believe that politics is all about money, examples of corruption and bribery are…