Promoting Reflection on Media Ethics
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The Next Wave of Disinformation
Dr. Samuel Woolley (University of Texas at Austin), 3:30PM-4:30PM, CMA 5.136
Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts
David McCraw (Senior VP & Deputy General Counsel of The New York Times), 1:30PM-2:30PM, BMC 5.208
Overdoing Democracy: The Problem of Political Polarization
Dr. Robert B. Talisse (Vanderbilt University), April 7, 2020, 3:30PM-5PM, BMC 5.208
More events coming soon!
Learn more about past Media Ethics Initiative events here.
[CASE STUDY]: What ethical challenges arise when the media uses images of the dead? Continue reading →
[CASE STUDY]: What are the ethical implications of banning paid political ads from Twitter? Continue reading →
[CASE STUDY]: What ethical concerns arise when artists work with problematic governments? Continue reading →
[CASE STUDY]: What ethical complexities circle around catfishing and online deception? Continue reading →
[CASE STUDY]: What are the ethics of films that portray political assassinations in India? Continue reading →
[CASE STUDY]: Are journalists obliged to speak up against repressive governments? Continue reading →
[CASE STUDY]: What are the ethics of Bollywood celebrities joining popular protest movements? Continue reading →
[CASE STUDY]: When a Pakistani newspaper uses an algorithm to change user comments to protest government censorship, what could go wrong? Continue reading →
March 13, 2020: A conversation with David McCraw on press freedom. Continue reading →
