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Defamation, Copyright, and Journalism in India

26 Jan 202225 Jan 2022
CASE STUDY: The Ethics of News Organizations Suing Press Watchdogs Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies Though defamation suits against news organizations are not uncommon, it is uncommon for one…
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Twitter’s Difficult Choice in India

26 Oct 202125 Oct 2021
CASE STUDY: Censorship to Preserve the Platform in Times of Crisis Case Study PDF  |  Additional Case Studies In early February 2021, the Indian government ordered Twitter to censor “more than…
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A Tool for Racial Equality or Cancel Culture?

26 Apr 202121 Apr 2021
CASE STUDY: Yelp’s “Business Accused Of Racist Behavior” Alert Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies Since the reinvigoration of Black Lives Matter during the summer of 2020, more and more…
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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,…
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Stopping the Spread of Anti-Vax Memes

8 Feb 202123 Mar 2021
CASE STUDY: Social Media and Misinformation in the Covid-19 Pandemic Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies Amid promising announcements from companies like Moderna and Pfizer on the progress of a…
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Newsroom Objectivity in the Age of Black Lives Matter

20 Jan 202123 Mar 2021
CASE STUDY: Controversy at the Pittsburg Post-Gazette Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has experienced increased media prominence six years after its original inception in…
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The Ethics of Op-Eds

29 Dec 202023 Mar 2021
CASE STUDY: The Debate over Controversial Opinion Pieces in Newspapers Case Study PDF | Additional Case Studies The New York Times’ Editorial Editor, James Bennet, recently resigned from his position amid backlash…

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