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SUMMARY:The Ethical Operating System
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Samuel C. Woolley (The University of Texas at Austin) // January 28th\, 2019 // 1:30pm-3:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nJoin the Technology & Information Policy Institute and the Media Ethics Initiative as they host Samuel C. Woolley\, Assistant Professor in the Journalism School at the Moody College of Communication. Professor Woolley will present his talk\, The Ethical Operating System: How Not to Regret the Things You Build \nThe current wave of computational propaganda has taken the world by surprise. Technology firms\, policymakers\, journalists and the general public are scrambling to respond to the societal threats posed by disinformation and politically motivated trolling. This talk outlines one method for responding to these issues. It describes and presents the Ethical Operating System (ethicalOS.org)\, a toolkit for anticipating future uses of technology. Jane McGonigal and Samuel Woolley\, with support from Omidyar Network\, constructed this guide to help a wide variety of groups think about how to design technology with democracy and human rights in mind. The toolkit has been used by major companies in Silicon Valley\, by legislators at the state and federal level and by students in Stanford’s design school and intro to computer science courses. It’s time\, however\, to put into the hands of the U.S. public so that they can help in the fight against disinformation and manipulative technology. \nSamuel C. Woolley will join the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin as an assistant professor in Fall 2019. He has affiliations as a research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute\, University of Oxford\, as a visiting scholar at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) at the University of California at Berkeley\, and as a research affiliate at the Project for Democracy and the Internet at Stanford University. \nThe event is free and open to the public. \nCo-sponsored by the Technology & Information Policy Institute\,\nGood Systems\, and the Media Ethics Initiative
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/the-ethical-operating-system/
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SUMMARY:Journalism Ethics amid Irrational Publics: Disrupt and Redesign
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Stephen J. A. Ward (University of Wisconsin) // November 5th\, 2018 // 3:00pm-4:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nHow can journalism ethics meet the new challenges to democracy in the era of fake news and real political problems? In this engaging talk\, prominent media ethicist Stephen J. A. Ward argues that journalism ethics must be radically rethought to defend democracy against irrational publics\, demagogues\, and extreme populism. In an age of intolerance and global disinformation\, Ward recommends an engaged journalism which is neither neutral nor partisan. He proposes guidelines for covering extremism as part of a “macro-resistance” by society to a toxic public sphere. \nDr. Stephen J. A. Ward is an internationally recognized media ethicist\, author and educator\, living in Canada. He is a Distinguished Lecturer on Ethics at the University of British Columbia\, founding director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin\, and director of the UBC School of Journalism. He was a war correspondent\, foreign reporter and newsroom manager for 14 years and has received a lifetime award for service to professional journalism in Canada. He is editor-in-chief of the forthcoming Springer Handbook for Global Media Ethics\, and was associate editor of the Journal of Media Ethics. Dr. Ward is the author of 9 media ethics books\, including two award-winning books\, Radical Media Ethics and The Invention of Journalism Ethics. Also he is the author of Global Journalism Ethics\, Ethics and the Media\, and Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives. His two new books\, Disrupting Journalism Ethics and Ethical Journalism in a Populist Age were published in 2018. \nThe Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Media Ethics Initiative events are open and free to the public. \n**Co-sponsored by School of Journalism – University of Texas at Austin** \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/journalism-ethics-amid-irrational-publics-disrupt-and-redesign/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181030T080000
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SUMMARY:Ethics in Public Relations
DESCRIPTION:Kathleen Lucente (Founder & President of Red Fan Communications) // October 30th\, 2018 // 2:00pm-3:00pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nWhat ethical challenges await the public relations professional? Kathleen Lucente\, the Founder and President of Red Fan Communications\, discusses a range of ethical choices and challenges facing those in the public relations profession\, including: ensuring that reporters are fair\, just\, and honest in their coverage of one’s client\, dealing with inappropriate client relations\, maintaining honesty and transparency between a client and agency\, and the challenges maintaining your client’s reputation while also maintaining yours as an agency in situations of crisis. This talk will be of interest to students wishing to pursue careers in public relations\, as well as scholars researching the practices and effects of public relations. \nAfter a successful and award-winning career working for IBM\, JPMorgan\, Ketchum Worldwide and other global brands and agencies\, Kathleen Lucente moved to Austin just as the city became a hotbed for tech startups and investment. She is the founder and president of Red Fan Communications\, an Austin-based public relations firm that has helped countless companies clarify their purpose\, tell their unique stories\, and establish lasting relationships with clients and customers. She serves on several boards and donates much of her and her staff’s time to local nonprofits that have tangible impact throughout the community\, including the Trail of Lights\, the ABC Kite Fest\, the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians\, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation. \nThe Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Follow MEI and CME on Facebook for more information. Media Ethics Initiative events are open and free to the public. \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/ethics-in-public-relations/
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SUMMARY:Is Incivility Ever Ethical?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Gina Masullo (The University of Texas at Austin) // October 16th\, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nThe current debate over incivility in the public discourse often leaves out an important component – sometimes the most ethical choice is to speak out\, even if some people view your speech as uncivil. The need to be civil at all costs can become a tool of the privileged to silence and symbolically annihilate the voices of those with less power in society\, specifically women\, people of color\, or those from other marginalized groups. Media outlets can perpetuate this silencing by focusing on the “civility” – or lack thereof – of the message\, rather than the content. Compounding this problem is the issue that people define what’s uncivil in varied ways – including everything from a raised voice to hate speech. UT Austin Assistant Professor Gina Masullo Chen will draw on potent examples from today’s headlines\, including Colin Kaepernick’s “take-a-knee” protest during the national anthem to draw attention to racial injustice and some politicians’ refusal to speak to their angry constituents. Her argument is not that incivility is good. Rather\, she asserts that sometimes the ethical cost of silence is greater than the normative threat to civil discourse from what some may perceive as incivility. \nDr. Gina Masullo Chen is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and the Assistant Director of the Center for Media Engagement\, both at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on the online conversation around the news and how it influences social\, civic\, and political engagement. She is the author of Online Incivility and Public Debate and co-editor of Scandal in a Digital Age. She is currently writing her third book\, The New Town Hall: Why We Engage Personally with Politicians. She spent 20 years as a newspaper journalist before becoming a professor. \nThe Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Media Ethics Initiative events are free and open to the public. \n**Co-sponsored by School of Journalism – University of Texas at Austin** \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/is-incivility-ever-ethical/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180925T080000
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SUMMARY:BYOD! Should We Really Ask New College Grads and Employees to Bring their Own Devices to Work?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Keri K. Stephens (The University of Texas at Austin) //September 25th\, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nAt first glance\, it might sound great to get to choose the cell phone and computer you want to use at work. After all\, you might like iPhones and your colleague likes Androids. But what people overlook is that “bring your own” often means you are also paying for these devices and agreeing to rules that few people ever read. Come join us for a Media Ethics Talk by Keri K. Stephens\, where she will share some of the hidden issues of control that new college graduates\, as well as people in many stages of their career\, face with BYOD policies. This research is from her recently published book\, Negotiating Control: Organizations and Mobile Communication (Oxford University Press). \nDr. Keri K. Stephens’ research and teaching interests bring an organizational perspective to understanding how people interact with communication technologies\, and she focuses on contexts of crisis\, emergency\, disaster\, workplaces\, and healthcare. She is an Associate Professor in the Organizational and Communication Technology Group in the Department of Communication Studies\, a Faculty Fellow with the Center for Health & Social Policy in the LBJ School of Public Policy\, and a Faculty Affiliate with the Center for Health Communication. \nThe Media Ethics Initiative is part of the Center for Media Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. Media Ethics Initiative events are open and free to the public. \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/byod-should-we-really-ask-new-college-grads-and-employees-to-bring-their-own-devices-to-work/
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SUMMARY:Feeling Rules\, Media Ethics\, and the Moral Foundation Dictionary
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sven Joeckel (University of Erfurt\, Germany) // September 19th\, 2018 // 2:00pm-3:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nWhat does psychology have to tell us about the impact of media on our emotions and moral judgments? Does media make us better moral agents? In this discussion\, two visiting researchers from Germany will speak on how media shapes our “feeling rules” and the connection between moral values and political communication. Attention will also be given to how moral psychology can help us understand the ideological content of media texts. \nDr. Sven Joeckel is Professor for Communication with a focus on children\, adolescents and the media at the University of Erfurt\, Germany. Since 2009\, he has chaired the M.A. program in Children\, Adolescents\, and the Media at the University of Erfurt. His research interests are adolescents’ use of media\, mobile privacy research as well as the relationship between media use and morality. Dr. Leyla Dogruel is Assistant Professor for Media Systems and Media Performance at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz\, Germany. Her research interests include media innovation theory\, online privacy\, and media structures. \nFree and open to the public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/feeling-rules-media-ethics-and-the-moral-foundation-dictionary-2/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180425T153000
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SUMMARY:Media Criticism in Turbulent Times: A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Rod Hart (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Trish Roberts-Miller (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Michael Butterworth (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Barry Brummett (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Trish Roberts-Miller (The University of Texas at Austin) // April 25th\, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nWhat is the role of media criticism in our turbulent political times? How should we react to the messages and myths our movies\, news\, and politicians attempt to sell to us? Is being “critical” a bad word for democratic citizens? In this exciting Media Ethics Initiative event\, a panel of distinguished communication scholars will discuss the role of criticism and critics in navigating all the media we experience in our technological democracy. Drawing upon their work in rhetoric\, communication studies\, and media studies\, our panelists will consider the limits of criticism as well as its importance in tumultuous times such as our present. Confirmed participants include: \nDr. Rod Hart / Communication Studies\nDr. Trish Roberts-Miller / Rhetoric & Writing\nDr. Michael Butterworth / Communication Studies\nDr. Barry Brummett / Communication Studies\nDr. Trish Roberts-Miller / Rhetoric & Writing \nModerated by Dr. Scott Stroud / Communication Studies \nFree and open to the public \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/media-criticism-in-turbulent-times-a-panel-discussion/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180410T080000
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SUMMARY:The Ethics of Virtual Reality
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Donald Heider (Loyola University Chicago) // April 10th\, 2018 // 3:30pm-5:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nVirtual Reality gives participants the chance to enter immersive and interactive media environments. As with many new technologies\, the tools might require our consideration of the implications of these tools. What are ethical implications of virtual reality for journalism\, film-making and other communication fields? This talk will explore the exciting new possibilities and challenges that virtual reality opens up for a range of media practices. \nDr. Donald Heider is the Associate Provost for Strategy & Innovation and Founding Dean at the School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago and Founder of the Center for Digital Ethics & Policy. He is author\, co-author\, or editor of eight books including two volumes of Ethics for a Digital Age\, the latest of which is due out in 2018. Dr. Heider is a multiple Emmy-award winning producer who spent ten years in news before entering the academy. He served previously as Associate Dean at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland and was on the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin\, Colorado\, and University of Mississippi. \nCo-sponsored by the School of Journalism\, UT Austin \nFree and open to the UT community and general public \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/the-ethics-of-virtual-reality/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180403T080000
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SUMMARY:How to Survive the Robot Apocalypse
DESCRIPTION:Dr. David J. Gunkel (Northern Illinois University) // April 3rd\, 2018 // 2:00pm-3:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nWhether we recognize it or not\, we are in the midst of a robot invasion. The machines are now everywhere and doing virtually everything. We chat with them online. We play with them in digital games. We collaborate with them at work. And we rely on their capabilities to help us manage all aspects of our increasingly data-rich\, digital lives. As these increasingly capable devices come to occupy influential positions in contemporary culture—positions where they are not just tools or instruments of human action but social actors in their own right—we will need to ask ourselves some intriguing but rather difficult questions: At what point might a robot\, an algorithm\, or other autonomous system be held responsible for the decisions it makes or the actions it deploys? When\, in other words\, would it make sense to say “It’s the computer’s fault?” Likewise\, at what point might we have to seriously consider extending something like rights—civil\, moral or legal standing—to these socially active devices? When\, in other words\, when would it no longer be considered non-sense to suggest something like “the rights of robots?” In this engaging talk\, David Gunkel will demonstrate why it not only makes sense to talk about these things but also why avoiding this subject could have significant social consequences. \nDr. David J. Gunkel is an award-winning educator\, scholar\, and author\, specializing in the study of information and communication technology with a focus on ethics. Formally educated in philosophy and media studies\, his teaching and research synthesize the hype of high-technology with the rigor and insight of contemporary critical analysis. He is the author of over 50 scholarly journal articles and book chapters and has published 7 books. He is the managing editor and co-founder of the International Journal of Žižek Studies and co-editor of the Indiana University Press series in Digital Game Studies. He currently holds the position of Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University\, and his teaching has been recognized with numerous awards. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/how-to-survive-the-robot-apocalypse/
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SUMMARY:Making Politics Go Viral (Like Puppies): CME SXSW Panel
DESCRIPTION:March 10th\, 2018 // 5:00pm-6:00pm // JW Marriott Austin \nDonald Trump and other politicians are using social media to bypass the media and get their message straight to the public. So what can news organizations do to get their political content noticed? In this interactive session\, panelists will share their experiences and research on what makes news content – specifically political content – go viral. Attendees will leave with new\, creative ideas for how to better reach their social media audience ahead of the 2018 election.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/making-politics-go-viral-like-puppies-cme-sxsw-panel/
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SUMMARY:Hacking Big Data: Discovering Vulnerabilities in a Sociotechnical Society
DESCRIPTION:Dr. danah boyd (Microsoft Research\, Data & Society) // March 6th\, 2018 // 5:00pm-6:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 1.202 \nData-driven and algorithmic systems increasingly underpin many decision-making systems\, shaping where law enforcement are stationed and what news you are shown on social media. The design of these systems is inscribed with organizational and cultural values. Often\, these systems depend on the behavior of everyday people\, who may not act as expected. Meanwhile\, adversarial actors also seek to manipulate the data upon which these systems are built for personal\, political\, and economic reasons. In this talk\, danah will unpack some of the unique cultural challenges presented by “big data” and machine learning\, raising critical questions about fairness and accountability. She will describe how those who are manipulating media for lulz are discovering the attack surfaces of new technical systems and how their exploits may undermine many aspects of society that we hold dear. Above all\, she will argue that we need to develop more sophisticated ways of thinking about technology before jumping to hype and fear. \nDr. danah boyd is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research\, the founder and president of Data & Society\, and a Visiting Professor at New York University. Her research is focused on addressing social and cultural inequities by understanding the relationship between technology and society. Her most recent books – “It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens” and “Participatory Culture in a Networked Age” – examine the intersection of everyday practices and social media. She is a 2011 Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum\, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations\, a Director of both Crisis Text Line and Social Science Research Council\, and a Trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian. She received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Brown University\, a master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab\, and a Ph.D in Information from the University of California\, Berkeley. \nCo-sponsored by the Global Media Industry Speaker Series \nFree and open to the UT community and general public \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/hacking-big-data-discovering-vulnerabilities-in-a-sociotechnical-society/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180227T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180227T170000
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SUMMARY:The Real Ethics of Fake News
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Scott R. Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 27th\, 2018 // 2:00pm-3:15pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nIs fighting fake news as simple as it seems to be? What ethical challenges will our efforts to stomp out fake news create? More and more attention is being directed at the impact of fake news on American democracy. Scholars in a range of fields are attempting to determine who is behind fake news propaganda efforts\, what its effects are\, and how to combat it using technological means. This study looks at the ethical issues raised in the fight against fake news. By developing an outline of a pragmatist media ethics\, this article examines the complex ethical terrain of the seemingly simple problem of fake news. Additionally\, the pragmatist approach to fake news also allows us to highlight the conflicting values and outcomes at stake in our attempts to conceptualize and eradicate this new ethical challenge in our social media environments. Such an imaginative engagement with the phenomenon of fake news on its own terms is an essential first step in diagnosing its ethical challenges and potential solutions. \nDr. Scott Stroud is the Director of the Media Ethics Initiative and an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His research covers a range of topics in communication and philosophy. He is the author of John Dewey and the Artful Life (Pennsylvania State University Press\, 2011)\, Kant and the Promise of Rhetoric (Pennsylvania State University Press\, 2014)\, and A Practical Guide to Ethics: Living and Leading with Integrity (co-authored with Rita Manning\, Westview Press\, 2007). He has published work on a variety of topics in media ethics\, including blogging ethics\, revenge porn\, and the online activism of Anonymous. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/the-real-ethics-of-fake-news/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180222T080000
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SUMMARY:Engaging Newsrooms in the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Talia Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 22nd\, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC 5.102) \nSome think our democracy is in trouble\, and that our news media hold the key to fixing our problems. How can our scholarship guide news media in such a role? Does what we do in our colleges and universities matter for improving newsrooms and how they contribute to society? In this talk\, Dr. Talia Stroud will show how doing research that matters for democracy is not a new topic. Drawing on a variety of research projects conducted by the Center for Media Engagement\, she will explore effective ways that research can help news media increase civility among commenters\, increase citizen engagement with news stories\, and more. Journalism can help sustain our democratic institutions and practices\, but only if we guide it in an intelligent and reflective fashion. \nDr. Natalie (Talia) Stroud is the Director of the Center for Media Engagement and Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. Her book\, Niche News (Oxford\, 2011)\, examines likeminded political media use and the challenges it presents to democracy. The book received the 2012 Outstanding Book Award from the International Communication Association. Stroud previously worked at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Her publications and grant-funded research cover a variety of topics related to citizen engagement in news and social media. Her research has appeared in Political Communication\, Journal of Communication\, Political Behavior\, Public Opinion Quarterly\, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication\, and the International Journal of Public Opinion Research. \nFree and open to the public \n[Video]
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/engaging-newsrooms-in-the-digital-age/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180130T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180206T170000
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SUMMARY:The Preference for Idealized Imagery in the Media and Detrimental Self-Perceptions Among Women – When does it Begin?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kate Pounders (The University of Texas at Austin) // January 30th\, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nA large body of work has documented exposure to idealized and unattainable imagery in the media in the form of body size has a negative impact on young women. Previous research has primarily used social comparison as the theoretical framework to examine these effects. This talk will highlight a study that examined the impact of idealized imagery on both ad and self-outcomes with college women\, as well as an ongoing study that examines these effects in girls 8-10 years old. \nDr. Kate Pounders is a consumer psychologist who investigates emotions\, goals\, and the self. Her research focuses on the role of emotion and identity in the contexts of communication strategy effectiveness and health communication. Dr. Pounders is especially interested in the role that emotion and gender identity play in understanding women’s reactions to persuasion strategy and health issues. Other areas of interest include motivation and information processing. She has published work in the Journal of Academy of Marketing Science\, Journal of Advertising\, Journal of Advertising Research\, Journal of Health Psychology\, Psychology and Marketing\, Journal of Current Issues in Advertising\, European Journal of Marketing\, Journal of Medical Internet Research\, and the Journal of Communications in Healthcare. She is also a member of the Association for Consumer Research\, the Academy of Marketing Science\, and the American Academy of Advertising. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/the-preference-for-idealized-imagery-in-the-media-and-detrimental-self-perceptions-among-women-when-does-it-begin/
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SUMMARY:Ethics and the Appeal to Scientific Consensus in the Climate Change Debates
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jean Goodwin (North Carolina State University) // November 14th\, 2017 // 2:00pm-3:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nWhat are the ethical choices being made when arguers claim that there is a scientific consensus backing their stance on climate change? Is this a simple claim to make\, or a complex ethical choice that limits other possibilities in discussing the changing climate? Contemporary argumentation theory has shown that arguers themselves are responsible for creating the local ethical terrain in which they are obligated to make and consider good arguments. Since the first IPCC report in 1990\, scientists and their allies have imposed on themselves an obligation to build climate policy on the firm foundation of a scientific consensus. More than a quarter-century later\, it is now apparent that this obligation cannot be met. The interminable debates over consensus have distorted public deliberations about vital issues of climate policy and created enemy climate tribes. It is time to stop. Rhetoricians–who should have known better from the beginning–can point to some more productive approaches. \nDr. Jean Goodwin\, a professor in the Department of Communication at North Carolina State University\, studies how scientists can communicate appropriately and effectively to non-expert audiences. Her research examines how citizens who deeply disagree can nevertheless manage to reason with each other. The communication techniques she uncovered among ancient Roman orators and contemporary policy advocates have proved surprisingly relevant to the challenges scientists face when they try to earn trust in controversial contexts. Goodwin uses discourse analysis to tease out the ways outstanding scientist-communicators address difficult audiences on topics such as GMOs and climate change. She also uses conceptual analysis to connect these practices to broader theories of the responsibilities and roles scientists can undertake in civic life. Her National Science Foundation-funded project\, Teaching Responsible Communication of Science\, crafted case studies that invite science\, technology\, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduate students to address communication challenges based on actual events. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/ethics-and-the-appeal-to-scientific-consensus-in-the-climate-change-debates/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171106T080000
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SUMMARY:The Dark Side of Social Media: A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Angeline Close Scheinbaum (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Gary Wilcox (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Dr. Scott R. Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Jonathan Henson (The University of Texas at Austin)\, Allye Doorey (The Richards Group) // November 6th\, 2017 // 1:00pm-2:00pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nWhat is the dark side to social media use? What can be done to improve our social media landscape? What are the ethical values and issues with our constant digital monitoring and publicizing of our every activity? Join the editor and authors of the recent book\, The Dark Side of Social Media\, for a discussion over how the internet and our social media activities can go tragically wrong. Topics discussed will include online privacy\, wearable technologies\, online revenge porn\, and the power of blogging. \nFeaturing: \nDr. Angeline Close Scheinbaum\, Advertising\, UT Austin\nAllye Doorey\, The Richards Group\nDr. Gary Wilcox\, Advertising\, UT Austin\nDr. Scott R. Stroud\, Communication Studies\, UT Austin\nJonathan Henson\, Communication Studies\, UT Austin \nFree and open to the UT community and general public \nPanel Video
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/the-dark-side-of-social-media-a-panel-discussion/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171026T080000
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SUMMARY:Are New Media Technologies Good for Education and Democracy?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Gregory F. Pappas (Texas A&M University ) // October 26th\, 2017 // 12:30pm-2:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nWe live in a digital-electronic age and the internet is becoming more the central medium of information and communication. Dr. Gregory Pappas\, a philosopher in the pragmatist tradition\, explores the following questions and provide some answers in this research talk. Are the new media technologies good for education or the improvement of learning? Do they help us solve the crisis of education today? How do they foreground certain concepts of the “good” or “bad” when employed in education? What do these new media technologies mean for a deep sense of democracy\, or the view inherent in some strains of American thought that seeks to improve citizen participation and empowerment? \nDr. Gregory Fernando Pappas is a Distinguished Fellow for the Latino Research Initiative at The University of Texas at Austin and Professor of Philosophy at Texas A & M University. Dr. Pappas works within the American Pragmatist and Latin American traditions in ethics and social-political philosophy. He is the author of the books Pragmatism in the Americas and John Dewey’s Ethics: Democracy as Experience; he is also the editor-in-chief of The Inter-American Journal of Philosophy and the Vice President of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. His current research project\, “An Inter-American Approach to the Problems of Injustice\,” develops a theoretical framework for approaching problems of injustice in Latino communities\, drawing on the insights of philosophers (e.g.\, Luis Villoro\, Gloria Anzaldua\, Jane Addams\, John Dewey) concerned with local injustices in different regions of the Americas. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/are-new-media-technologies-good-for-education-and-democracy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171019T080000
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SUMMARY:Media Psychology’s Explanation for Why You Love Stories: A Morally Ambiguous Resolution
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Lewis (The University of Texas at Austin) // October 19th\, 2017 // 11:30am-12:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nMost people spend their leisure time engaged in social interactions and mediated stories. My long-term goal is to examine the intersection of these two behaviors. I believe mediated stories are part of a larger set of nonlinear communication processes able to bind and polarize social groups. Explaining these processes is fundamental for media scholars\, and useful for practitioners who rely on trust to persuade audiences. This talk identifies previously unexplored avenues for how mediated stories enhance interpersonal trust and cooperation. The talk will also discuss broadly the influence of recent advances in moral psychology and their impact on media and entertainment theory. \nDr. Robert Lewis studies moral clarity and moral ambiguity in narrative entertainment\, including how do the media synchronize our thoughts and emotions so that we can cooperate as a society. His research helps tie together different theoretical approaches in communication and related disciplines with the common explanatory threads of moral clarity\, moral ambiguity\, and the interpersonal-level effects they elicit. His work is published in outlets such as the International Journal of Arts & Technology\, Mass Communication & Society\, Journal of Communication\, and Cyberpsychology\, Behavior\, and Social Networking. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/media-psychologys-explanation-for-why-you-love-stories-a-morally-ambiguous-resolution/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171011T080000
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SUMMARY:Anthems and Activism: Mediating the Politics of the NFL
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michael L. Butterworth (The University of Texas at Austin) // October 11th\, 2017 // 1:00pm-2:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nIn recent months\, professional football players have used the national anthem ceremony as a stage for political protest. Such moments of activism have sparked significant conversation and controversy\, and they have also received substantial media coverage. This talk examines the ethical and historical context for political protest in sports\, considers the relationship between the NFL and sports media\, and speculates about the future of activism during the national anthem and beyond. \nDr. Michael L. Butterworth is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Director of the Center for Sports Communication & Media at the University of Texas at Austin. His research explores the connections between rhetoric\, politics\, and sport\, with particular interests in national identity\, militarism\, and public memory. He is the author of Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity: The National Pastime and American Identity during the War on Terror\, co-author of Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field\, and editor of Sport and Militarism: Contemporary Global Perspectives. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/anthems-and-activism-mediating-the-politics-of-the-nfl/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170921T080000
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SUMMARY:Can We Shop Our Way to a Better Planet? The Promises and Pitfalls of Green Consumption
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lucy Atkinson (The University of Texas at Austin) // September 21st\, 2017 // 11:00am-12:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nFrom organic bananas and fair-trade coffee to hybrid cars and canvas shopping bags: sustainable consumption is increasingly seen as a solution to the environmental problems brought on by climate change. Dr. Lucy Atkinson will present research that examines the ways green advertising and other persuasive environmental messages encourage consumers to adopt pro-social\, civic-minded orientations in the marketplace\, and the ethical questions that arise from these practices. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/can-we-shop-our-way-to-a-better-planet-the-promises-and-pitfalls-of-green-consumption/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170503T080000
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SUMMARY:Rhetorics of the Good Life: Social Ontology\, Ethics\, and Communication
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Omedi Ochieng (Denison University) // May 3rd\, 2017 // 3:00pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nHow ought we to think of the meaning of “ethics” in light of global climate change\, resurgent white supremacy\, and the everyday cruelties of neoliberal capitalism? In this presentation\, I outline what I describe as a non-ideal social ontology as the background against which a robust understanding of ethics ought to be understood. In contrast to the dominant views of ethical interaction which list toward idealism\, moralism\, and parochialism\, a non-ideal social ontology allows for an expansive vision of the “ethical” as a way of life – and thereby invites wide-ranging inquiry into what constitutes good societies and good lives in the twenty-first century. Finally\, this presentation seeks to open up space on how we ought to participate in and engage with constitutive institutions such as mass and social media in an age when truth is increasingly seen as partisan\, justice is dismissed as utopian\, and freedom has been tribalized. \nFree and open to the public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/rhetorics-of-the-good-life-social-ontology-ethics-and-communication/
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SUMMARY:Engaging News about Congress: Report from a News Engagement Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On February 23-24\, 2017\, the Center for Media Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin and the Agora Journalism Center at the University of Oregon partnered to host a regional news engagement workshop focused on engagement and political coverage. The 11 digital news leaders and reporters who participated represented a variety of newsrooms based in the Pacific Northwest: Alaska Dispatch News\, Hillsboro Tribune\, KGW\, KUOW\, Montana Television Network\, The Olympian\, Oregon Public Broadcasting\, The Oregonian\, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting\, Statesman Journal\, and Willamette Week. During the two-day workshop\, participants shared their experiences and ideas for making news coverage of Congress and the issues covered by Congress more engaging. See the full report on what we found. \nImplications for Newsrooms\nThe purpose of this workshop was to convene news innovators involved in audience engagement and political reporting to share experiences about engagement and reporting on Congress. The result of the convening was\, in our mind\, a very productive series of sessions and some provocative new ideas about making Congressional coverage engaging. Over the course of 24 hours\, workshop participants provided unique insight into how they think about audience engagement and political coverage and came up with promising and creative ideas for how they can improve the relationship between the two. We are eager to see these ideas come into being and encourage you to reach out to the Center for Media Engagement if you are inspired to put any of these ideas into action. \nThe Workshop\nWhat is “Engagement”?\nWe kicked off the workshop by having participants discuss what the term “engagement” means to them and their news organizations. Several themes became clear throughout the conversation. \nWHAT COUNTS AS ENGAGEMENT AND HOW MUCH IT IS EMPHASIZED VARIES BY NEWSROOM\n\nI’d say engagement is a conversation with substance\, a conversation that brings meaning. It’s a conversation that’s mutually beneficial for the audience and the organization\, so it enhances the content\, the comments\, or the flow of back-and-forth. (Retsinas)\nThe way engagement manifests itself in my daily work is usually people calling or emailing me questions. People don’t always know what their government does\, or who the government is. So I try to point people in the right direction. And\, for better or for worse\, it’s about reading the comments and responding to legitimate questions. (Friedman)\nIf we’re doing our job well\, we’re engaging the community on every level. It’s a never-ending process of tending to the community or the audience\, whatever you’d like to call it. (Hulen)\nFor me\, I’m a little skeptical of the term “engagement\,” because it borders on marketing to readers\, figuring out what they want and giving them what they want. (Mesh)\nEngagement is not a term I’ve heard a lot in my newsroom. (Dennison)\nIt’s our job to find a way to make people care and to present the content in a way that people can understand. If we have a story that has 500 unique visitors\, but a minute and a half of engagement time\, we probably have a marketing issue. But if we have 5\,000 visitors spending 15 seconds and it’s a 40-inch story\, we know we have a writing issue. We can look at these numbers and ask if it’s a marketing issue\, if it’s a writing issue\, or if it’s a topic issue. (Miller)\n\nAN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF ENGAGEMENT IS ENSURING THAT THE AUDIENCE’S INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE NEWS\n\nSo many people are engaging now\, whether it’s watching Facebook Live or commenting or getting a copy of the newspaper or turning on the TV. But I think part of what we as news organizations need to ask ourselves is who we have in the stories\, why we have those people in the stories\, and how that affects who not only reads the story but also how they share and interact with it. I think the average reader wants to stay up to date and know what this really has to do with people’s daily lives. (Friedman)\nFor us\, it’s underlining and enhancing editorial products. For a series we did on a homeless camp in Seattle\, we brought three homeless people to the Seattle Public Library to connect with a large audience of about 400 people. Engagement is about taking the editorial product and bringing it to the public in a different way. (Reynolds)\nWe have to find what’s driving our reporting and what’s missing. Is there something we didn’t see because we’re in our own echo chamber? (Retsinas)\nWhen we profile a different town for each episode of our program “Our Town\,” we’ll have ideas of people to talk to in the town\, but we let the community tell us what the story is going to be. We host a big community meeting that we record and we get stories out of that meeting. And we let the community members lead the discussion as opposed to us going in with preconceived notions. (Rothenfluch)\nThe engagement that tends to interest me the most and what I think is most productive happens in the story-finding process. To some degree\, the only reason why we have a comment section at all is that sometimes it leads to new story ideas. What we want is to have engagement in a way that has people telling you about the homeless camp in their neighborhood that they’ve decided to help. (Mesh)\n\nENGAGEMENT CAN INVOLVE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO TALK TO EACH OTHER\, AND GETTING COMMUNITIES TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEMSELVES\n\nWe’re experimenting with a different kind of community engagement\, and it’s getting the community to talk to itself. There are so many different sub-communities\, and a lot of them don’t talk to each other at all. Last year\, I thought\, “How many of us know Muslims who we are comfortable talking to about religion and politics?” So\, we arranged an “Ask a Muslim” session in February and it was so successful that we did another one in July. It was a discussion based on the concept of speed-dating\, where you talked to a Muslim for 6 minutes and then another Muslim for 6 minutes. You talked to about 12 Muslims by the end. Maybe you found out something about Muslims you didn’t realize BEFORE. (Reynolds)\nI’ve seen a lot of “burst your bubble” types of initiatives in different newsrooms now that try to connect people. We are that trusted source. We can be that neutral platform to bring people together and have a conversation. To me\, that’s what engagement is all about. (Goins)\n\nALTHOUGH ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WANTED TO DO MORE WITH ENGAGEMENT\, THEY ALSO ADMITTED THAT THERE ARE CHALLENGES\n\nAs I’m a solo reporter\, if I’m going to do anything\, I have to do it myself. It’s difficult to find the time. (Dennison)\nSometimes the louder voices tend to drown out other ones\, whether it’s on social media or the newsroom\, and you tend to get distracted a little by all the noise. There is a need in our newsroom to have the resources to filter out the better things in the conversations we want to have\, but we don’t have the resources to do that. (Retsinas)\nYou have to make engagement a priority to do it well. We have to commit the resources\, whether it’s time or people\, and by doing that\, we’re not going to do these five other things that our audience may be expecting us to do. Then you have to explain\, we’re not doing this because we’re working on something that’s bigger that will pay off down the line. (Miller)\nThere is a street protest in the city of Portland every single day of the week. We choose not to cover every single one of those protests. In fact\, we choose to cover very few of them and our readership lets us know every time we don’t cover those protests. We get asked\, “Why don’t you care about the future of our democracy?” and the answer to that question is because we’re working on a very different\, larger-scale story that might impact what you choose to protest next. (Mesh)\n\nMeasuring Success\nParticipants also discussed how their newsrooms measure success when thinking about engagement. \nNEWSROOM METRICS ARE USEFUL – TO A POINT\n\nWe know that not everybody reads everything because we have the numbers to prove it. We know they’re not reading every word of the things they are reading. If we’re wasting resources on things that people aren’t consuming then we’re not engaging because the numbers tell us they’re not. Then we’re not serving our audience and we’re not giving to them what’s important to them. (Miller)\nI don’t believe in the idea that if something isn’t popular\, if there is just no way to make someone want to eat this particular vegetable\, that we should take it off the menu. Some things you do because it’s your duty to do It’s our duty to write about things that matter to the future of our city\, our state\, and our nation\, regardless of how many clicks they get. (Mesh)\nAnalysis metrics are a useful tool\, but they don’t capture everything. Maybe one person read that story and was deeply affected by it and they went out and did something about it. How do you measure that? There are ways stories impact people that we have no way of calculating. (Reynolds)\nWe are the record of what’s happening. It may not be read today\, but I feel that we have a value in being that record as a collective industry. Even if my organization doesn’t do everything\, another one will. Metrics matter and I’m very much driven by metrics in my role\, but I also think about our institutional role and that’s part of the\, ‘So what?’ value. (Retsinas)\nEveryone likes the high numbers because you want those clicks. But I think we try to create something of value. If a reader engages you and is willing\, after reading what you wrote\, to write you a letter about what they thought\, even if they hated everything you wrote\, the fact that you’re able to get them to engage you on a story\, that has a ripple effect and value. That builds relationships and gets clicks for everything else you do. (Hobbs)\n\nCovering Congress\nWe asked participants to share how they and their news organizations cover Congress. Our hope was to learn more about their experiences and challenges of covering Congress before brainstorming ways to improve coverage. We included coverage of Congress as an institution\, coverage of individual Congressional representatives\, and coverage of issues relevant to Congress as part of the discussion. \nCOVERING CONGRESS IS CHALLENGING DUE TO DISTANCE AND ACCESS\n\nWe have bureau reporters in D.C.\, but they’re also correspondents for four or five other states. How much can they know about Oregon and Salem\, and what is important to our residents? They’ve never lived in Salem and haven’t spent a ton of time in Salem. For congressional material to be meaningful\, and then actionable locally\, it’s got to be written in a voice that our audience can understand\, and that’s a big disconnect. (Miller)\nMost of the information we get comes from our Congressional members. For us to cover them\, we have to rely on them to tell us what’s going on. We don’t really have any independent way of evaluating that\, and that’s made even more difficult when they’re thousands of miles away. (Dennison)\nWe do have a full-time reporter in D.C.\, and that has its advantages. But one of the challenges is just the general disconnect and gridlock in Washington. (Hulen)\nAnother barrier is access to information. We file multiple FOIA requests every single week. More and more\, we are being forced into an adversarial role to obtain basic information – facts to support something\, documentation\, correspondence\, the things that years ago\, when I was a government reporter in another life\, it wasn’t that hard to get. Now even just getting things that aren’t even confrontational require requests and time\, which then slows the process\, making the story often less relevant. (Retsinas)\nAs a watchdog newsroom\, you’re trying to figure out how the votes of your representatives affect day-to-day life in the city and state that you’re covering. That’s fairly easy to do with local officials at City Hall or state officials in the legislature\, but it becomes harder to do on a Congressional level. (Mesh)\nI think a self-imposed barrier for us is that we think\, “NPR is in Washington\, they have full-time Congressional correspondents\, this stuff is super complicated.” We can have a Congressman on for a call\, but I don’t know if we feel as though having someone take the time to understand the processes going on in Washington is a good investment versus covering the state legislature or going down to city hall. (Reynolds)\nUser interfaces on the federal and congressional websites are so clunky that half the time I can’t figure out how a vote went down\, or what the legislation was. It’s difficult. (Friedman)\n\nIT’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE MATERIAL ABOUT CONGRESS INTERESTING AND APPLICABLE TO READERS\n\nI think what people want is: How does it impact them? They hear all of these national stories\, and you hear all of the decisions that are being made\, but what’s the on the ground? How does it affect my life? (Rothenfluch)\nI would say that giving people a basic understanding of the responsibilities of your Congressman versus your governor versus your legislator versus your mayor versus the courts versus your city councilor or your county council is 99% of people don’t understand. (Friedman)\nWe have access to all the wire stories on Congress\, but if we don’t cover the Alaska delegation\, and the overall impact for Alaska\, with everything from climate change to the military\, indigenous people and public land\, it isn’t as meaningful. For us\, there’s really no substitute for us doing it ourselves. (Hulen)\nPeople are really interested in characters and conflict\, and so I think you can’t tell the story of process unless you tell the story of process through people. Whether it’s the constituents at home or it’s the Congressional representatives themselves\, unless you have strong\, vivid characters\, people don’t read stories. Nobody reads books about processes\, they read books about characters. (Mesh)\n\nIdeas to Improve Engagement with Congressional Coverage\nAt the workshop\, we encouraged each participant to brainstorm ways to make reporting on Congress more engaging. Each participant was then given time\, both individually and in breakout groups\, to workshop their idea. The nine thought-provoking ideas that emerged are summarized below. \nIdea: Community Correspondents (Sarah Rothenfluch\, Oregon Public Broadcasting\, and Cole Goins\, Reveal)\n\nGet 8-12 people representative of a community; come up with methodology to select representative group (e.g. reflect state demographics) and interview people to select the right correspondents\nTreat them as community correspondents/ambassadors to the tell human effects of policy and challenges of civic engagement through their lens\nThese correspondents would check in with the newsroom regularly about what they’re feeling about what’s happening in Congress\n“Make them the faces of the real impact … tell their stories”\nAn engagement producer would help manage the group\, spark conversations\, and check in\n\nIdea: Federal Feud (Aaron Mesh\, Williamette Week)\n\nWould be an event set up like an actual game show\, held at theater or bar\nInvite representatives to guess what their constituents most want\nBefore the event\, news organization would conduct a poll to ask constituents about their priorities & political views (health care\, immigration\, )\nHeld during election cycle; incumbent challenger\n“Survey Says …” … “Are you Smarter than a Congressman”\n\nIdea: Ask Congressman to Participate in Townhall (Andy Hobbs\, The Olympian)\n\nThe newspaper would host a town hall event with their Congressional representative\nHost watch parties outside of the main cities to get more diverse voices\nThe newspaper would do a call for questions ahead of the event to ensure that it isn’t about bashing\nWould be an opportunity for reporters and editors to meet more readers\, get stories out of it\, establish credibility\, and build a relationship\nCould partner with sister paper to make it happen\n\nIdea: Road Across Wildlife Refuge (David Hulen\, Alaska Dispatch News)\n\nThe question posed to workshop participants: How to tell this specific story of a road being built in a wildlife refuge in a way that engages readers?\nIn addition to telling the story conventionally and reporting basic facts\, add drone/360 video\nIdentify stakeholders\, have them submit video or text to explain their side in their own words\nDo a live (video) event afterward allowing readers to ask questions … could then make a video about this and broadcast it on the newspaper’s website or local public television\n\nIdea: Health Care Reform Game (Ross Reynolds\, KUOW)\n\nVideo game about how aspects of health care reform will affect various outcomes (level of government responsibility à amount of taxes\, who is covered à number uninsured)\nPlay the game depending on what you want as the outcome (e.g. health care for all\, choice of health care\, )\nIncorporate stories into the game (someone talking or a written account of how it affects them personally)\nGet members of Congress to play the game\, create content based on their results\nAllow people to play & share their results on social media\nGoal: Show how factors work together on a complicated issue\n\nIdea: The Wall (Dann Miller\, Statesman Journal)\n\nAsk people to write issues or topics important to their daily lives on a public wall\nPut into database to look at topics that are consistent across geographic area\, then give these to Congressional representative\nSee the words that people use (e.g. my drive to work transportation); use this language in reporting\nReport on how Congress has voted on issue and amendments (dive deeper than just what happened with the final bill)\nDigital vs. in person (in person has benefits)\n\nIdea: Explain Why Solutions Aren’t Happening (Mike Dennison\, Montana Television Network)\n\nIdentify a problem and potential solutions\, and then report on why solutions are not happening and what it would take to make them happen\nCould increase reader engagement by telling people: here’s what you need to do to make a solution happen\nCould solicit ideas from viewers about what problem to tackle (but this would depend on newsroom)\n\nIdea: Your Q’s? The A’s (Greg Retsinas\, KGW)\n\nPeople ask questions about Congress and newsroom provides actual data as answers\nDecide what questions to respond to based on what users say (curated responses)\nStay non-partisan and focus on local issues\nSocial media conversation leads to more Q&A\n\nIdea: Improved Transparency (Gordon Friedman\, The Oregonian)\n\nIn a story\, have a side bar with phone numbers and email addresses of elected officials referenced (which can be difficult for readers to find all in one place)\nInclude footnotes to sources\nLabel the story as news / analysis / opinion / etc.\n\nYou can view the full report to see details about each participant.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/engaging-news-about-congress-report-from-a-news-engagement-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Moral Psychology and Media Practice: Keys to Ethical Behavior in News\, Public Relations\, & Advertising
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Patrick Lee Plaisance (Colorado State University) // April 10th\, 2017 // 1:30pm-3:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nMoral psychology theories and methodologies offer exciting opportunities for work that advances media ethics research in new ways. From brain scans to ‘life story’ interviews to survey data\, these opportunities are being explored with diverse populations in multiple disciplines. As empirical researchers increasingly interact with moral theorists\, moral psychology research is able to explore the relationships among psychological factors and organizational-level structures and influences\, and thereby illuminate the forces that help or hinder virtuous work. Similar lines of research with media workers is critical if media ethics theorizing is to continue to mature. \nDr. Patrick Lee Plaisance worked as a journalist at numerous American newspapers for nearly 15 years in Virginia\, New Jersey\, California\, and Florida before his career in academia. His research focuses on media ethics theory\, journalism values and media sociology\, and moral psychology. He is author of Media Ethics: Key Principles for Responsible Practice (SAGE\, 2009; 2014) and Virtue in Media: The Moral Psychology of Excellence in News & Public Relations (Routledge\, 2014). He is editing the forthcoming volume\, Handbook of Communication Ethics (DeGruyter\, 2017). He is the current editor of the Journal of Media Ethics. Dr. Plaisance’s research has appeared in a number of scholarly journals\, including Communication Theory\, Journal of Communication\, Communication Research\, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly\, and Journalism Studies. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public \nSupported by the School of Journalism
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/moral-psychology-and-media-practice-keys-to-ethical-behavior-in-news-public-relations-advertising/
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SUMMARY:Cosmopolitan Media Ethics and the Global Imaginary
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Clifford Christians (The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) // April 4th\, 2017 // 3:00pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nIn this research talk\, Clifford Christians explores how media ethics must change to meet the demands of new communication technologies. Today’s information era\, with upheavals across the globe\, requires a new theory of communication ethics. Our cosmopolitanism cannot be a neoliberal arc or homogenous technological network\, but a multicultural transnational imaginary. What is a media ethics of universal human solidarity\, philosophically and professionally? \nMedia ethics to be credible must be radically international. The technological revolution has created a networked globe\, so that the world mind is no longer for the elite\, but a possible imaginary for the public as a whole. For media ethics\, in theory and in institutions\, it means more than extending one’s individual autonomy to envision the globe. The nation-state boundaries and homogeneity of Habermas and Rawls is also inadequate. An ethical theory will be presented that originates in universal human solidarity and entails basic principles such as truth\, human dignity\, and nonviolence. The necessary concepts for this theory are Taylor’s multiculturalism\, Benhabib’s feminist universalism\, and Heidegger’s dwelling. \nDr. Clifford Christians is one of the leading voices in the study of media ethics. He is a research professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where he also served as the former director of the Institute of Communications Research. He has been a visiting scholar in philosophical ethics at Princeton University\, a research fellow in social ethics at the University of Chicago\, and a fellow in ethics at Oxford University. He has authored or co-authored many scholarly books\, including Good News: Social Ethics and the Press\, Communication Ethics and Universal Values\, Moral Engagement in Public Life\, Normative Theories of the Media\, and Key Concepts in Critical Cultural Studies. \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/cosmopolitan-media-ethics-and-the-global-imaginary/
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SUMMARY:Ethical Issues in the Fight Against Revenge Porn
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Scott R. Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // March 21st\, 2017 // 3:00pm-4:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nThere has been an increasing legislative and academic dialogue over the growing online plague of revenge porn\, or the posting of nude images without a depicted subject’s consent. Most of the dialogue about this awful phenomenon assumes that it is a simple activity with straightforward ethical problems speaking for its total moral and legal condemnation. While most instances of revenge porn are harmful\, non-consensual\, and have no socially-redeeming worth\, the complexity of this phenomenon must be acknowledged. After detailing what revenge porn is\, some of the ethical issues it raises will be discussed. The challenges of balancing restrictions on harmful communication with the imperatives of free speech will be explored. Additionally\, ambiguity over issues of informal consent and the future use of shared digital content will be detailed. Much previous scholarship has overlooked these nuances in the race for legislative action\, but the present talk encourages us to resist simple narratives about this new problem in digital media ethics. \nDr. Scott Stroud is the Director of the Media Ethics Initiative and an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His research covers a range of topics in communication and philosophy. He is the author of John Dewey and the Artful Life (Pennsylvania State University Press\, 2011)\, Kant and the Promise of Rhetoric (Pennsylvania State University Press\, 2014)\, and A Practical Guide to Ethics: Living and Leading with Integrity (co-authored with Rita Manning\, Westview Press\, 2007). He has published work on a variety of topics in communication and media ethics\, including blogging ethics\, revenge porn\, and the online activism of Anonymous.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/ethical-issues-in-the-fight-against-revenge-porn/
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SUMMARY:We're All Gatekeepers Now: Journalism Ethics for an Unfiltered Age
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mary Bock (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 16th\, 2017 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nJournalistic ethics are no longer just for journalists. The digital media environment has flattened the information playing field\, giving long-standing news institutions the same access to an audience as extremist propaganda\, citizen bloggers and you: yes you. We’re all gatekeepers now\, whether or not we want the job. This presentation will propose and explore three rules for ethical participation in social media: First\, seek the best information. Secondly\, speak honestly. Third\, serve the larger good. Living without an information “middleman” is both liberating and fraught with responsibility. A better digital information environment starts with us. \nMary Bock is a former journalist turned academic with an interest in the sociology of photographic practice\, the rhetorical relationship between words and images\, and digital media. Her previous career was spent primarily in local television news. She has also worked as a newspaper reporter\, a radio journalist\, and public relations writer. Most recently\, Bock co-authored Visual Communication Theory and Research with Shahira Fahmy and Wayne Wanta. Her 2012 book\, Video Journalism: Beyond the One Man Band\, studied the relationship between solo multi-media practice and news narrative. She has published articles in Journalism Practice\, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly\, Journalism\, Visual Communication Quarterly\, The International Journal of Press and Politics\, and New Media and Society. \nFree and open to the public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/were-all-gatekeepers-now-journalism-ethics-for-an-unfiltered-age/
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SUMMARY:American Journalism’s Ideology: The Question of Bias in the Media
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Jensen (The University of Texas at Austin) // January 31st\, 2017 // 2:00pm-3:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 \nThe routine assertion that mainstream journalism outlets are disproportionately staffed by liberals\, producing a liberal bias in mainstream news\, misses the more deeply embedded conservative nature of corporate commercial journalism. In this talk\, Professor Robert Jensen will provocatively argue that most journalists reproduce the dominant ideology of the contemporary United States—involving world affairs\, economics\, and ecology—which can be best understood as forms of fundamentalism and therefore dangerous to a meaningful conception of democracy. \nRobert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and a board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center in Austin and the national group Culture Reframed. He is the author of The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men (Spinifex Press\, 2017). Jensen’s other books include Plain Radical: Living\, Loving\, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully (Counterpoint/Soft Skull\, 2015); Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialogue (City Lights\, 2013); All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice\, (Soft Skull Press\, 2009); Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity (South End Press\, 2007); The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race\, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights\, 2005); Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (City Lights\, 2004); and Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream (Peter Lang\, 2002). \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/american-journalisms-ideology-the-question-of-bias-in-the-media/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:Who Speaks for Ambedkar? The Debate over Navayana's Edition of Annihilation of Caste and the Buddhist Teaching of Right Speech
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Christopher Queen (Harvard University) // January 24th\, 2017 // 1:00pm-2:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 \nFollowing the 2013 release of Navayana’s annotated critical edition of B. R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste with an introductory essay by Arundhati Roy\, Dalit (ex-Untouchable) activists angrily charged that Roy and the publisher were unqualified to write on Ambedkar by virtue of their high-caste backgrounds. We examine this war of words in the context of Ambedkar’s career as the leading voice for Untouchable human rights and as principal draftsman of India’s Constitution. We compare the attack on Navayana’s Annihilation of Caste to the original attack on Ambedkar’s 1936 speech. \nGiven Ambedkar’s historic conversion to Buddhism\, along with millions of his followers\, we examine the teaching of Right Speech\, the fourth step on the Eightfold Path\, found in the early sayings of the Buddha. We learn that criteria for choosing speech or silence do not include the caste\, gender\, ethnicity\, or expertise of the speaker\, but rather the truth\, timeliness\, tone\, and benefit of the words. Whether the words need to be “gentle” or “harsh” depends on the situation\, according to the Buddha. \nSupported by: \nAmbedkarite Buddhist Association of Texas \nSouth Asia Institute (UT Austin) \nMoody College of Communication (UT Austin) \nFree and open to the UT community and general public
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/who-speaks-for-ambedkar-the-debate-over-navayanas-edition-of-annihilation-of-caste-and-the-buddhist-teaching-of-right-speech/
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SUMMARY:Social Media Summit
DESCRIPTION:In November\, the Center for Media Engagement and The University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism hosted their first Social Media Summit\, a day-long gathering of journalists\, academics\, and students to discuss experiences\, benefits\, and challenges of using social media. In this presentation\, we review the key takeaways from the day. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/social-media-summit/
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SUMMARY:CME Social Media Summit
DESCRIPTION:November 11th\, 2016 // 11:00am-4:00pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 2.106 \nThere’s no question that social media has forever changed the way news organizations connect with their audiences. But has that change helped or harmed news organizations? And what’s in it for social media companies to get involved with news organizations\, such as through Facebook’s Instant Articles or Snapchat Discover? With their first Social Media Summit\, the Engaging News Project and the UT School of Journalism hope to explore these issues\, as well as discuss how news organizations used social media during this year’s unprecedented presidential election. Speakers will share their experiences and takeaways from using social media to cover the election\, while attendees will come away with new ideas on how to use social media in their newsrooms. \nConfirmed speakers include Facebook\, Univision\, McClatchy\, the Austin American-Statesman\, GateHouse Media and social media scholars from the University of Texas at Austin\, the University of Kansas and Texas State University.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/cme-social-media-summit/
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