Dr. Omedi Ochieng (Denison University) // May 3rd, 2017 // 3:00pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 How 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 […]
Dr. Lucy Atkinson (The University of Texas at Austin) // September 21st, 2017 // 11:00am-12:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 From 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 […]
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 In 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 […]
Dr. Robert Lewis (The University of Texas at Austin) // October 19th, 2017 // 11:30am-12:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 Most 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 […]
Dr. Gregory F. Pappas (Texas A&M University ) // October 26th, 2017 // 12:30pm-2:00pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 We 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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Jean Goodwin (North Carolina State University) // November 14th, 2017 // 2:00pm-3:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC) 5.208 What 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 […]
Dr. Kate Pounders (The University of Texas at Austin) // January 30th, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Jesse H. Jones Communication Center (CMA) 5.136 A large body of work has documented […]
Dr. Talia Stroud (The University of Texas at Austin) // February 22nd, 2018 // 3:30pm-4:30pm // Belo Center for New Media (BMC 5.102) Some 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 […]
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 Is 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 […]
