Media Ethics | Advertising/Public Relations
Tik-ing Off Users?
July 10, 2024
On September 12, 2023, TikTok launched its newest addition to the popular app: TikTok Shop. Originally, TikTok functioned as a video-sharing platform where users shared information, their thoughts and feelings on various topics, and of course, viral dances. However, with the implementation of the marketplace feature, creators now have the… Read More
The Ethics of Skinvertising
April 18, 2024
Getting a tattoo can be a symbolic personal decision, one that is not for everyone. It’s a decision to express something about their personality in a permanent and often publicly visible way. But what if your tattoo was meant to advertise for someone else instead of to display your own… Read More
It ain’t Easy Being Green
January 12, 2023
What are the ethics of greenwashing products in advertising? Read More
More than a Fashion Faux Pas?
August 25, 2022
Can inclusive advertising survive the heavy hand of Facebook's able-biased AI? Read More
Ethical Targeting or Transgressing Ethics?
March 30, 2021
Is it ethical to use personalized data to target voters in political ad campaigns? Read More
Privacy versus Products in Targeted Digital Advert...
March 24, 2021
How far can digital advertisers go in using our personal data to sell their products? Read More
How Much Emotion Can Health Campaigns Ethically Ev...
March 15, 2021
How far can health campaigns go in convincing people to eat healthy meals? Read More
Setting the Terms of the Debate
October 1, 2020
What ethical trade-offs accompany different ways of framing advocacy campaigns in political communication? Read More
Whose Image is It to Use?
July 9, 2020
What ethical choices lie behind the use of images for advocacy campaigns? Read More
Fighting (Online) Fire with Fire?
June 22, 2020
What are the ethics of using counterspeech to fight online harassment? Read More
Politics in the Age of Digital Information Overloa...
May 21, 2020
What are the ethics of Facebook allowing potentially misleading political ads? Read More
Campaigning for Your Enemies
May 7, 2020
Is it ethical to campaign for opponents you know you can beat? Read More
Are there Bigger Fish to Fry in the Struggle for A...
April 13, 2020
Is PETA right that our anti-animal sayings do more harm than good? Read More
Ethics and E-Cigarette Advertising
January 20, 2020
What ethical concerns arise in regulating e-cigarette advertisements? Read More
Green is the New Color of Money
April 30, 2019
What are the ethical concerns with "greenwashing" in advertisements to sell products? Read More
Advertising Ethics and Social Issues
March 5, 2019
Gillette walks the razor's edge in using the battle against toxic masculinity in their recent ad campaign. Read More
Entertaining Endorsements in Sports Journalism
December 28, 2018
What conflicts arise when sports journalists also get endorsement deals? Read More
Just Do It?
December 12, 2018
Did Nike do too much in their use of Colin Kaepernick and others in their recent advertising campaign? Read More
Side Effects May Include Persuasion
December 3, 2018
What ethical concerns are raised by direct-to-consumer advertising for pharmaceutical products? Read More
Covering Female Athletes
November 30, 2018
What ethical choices are made in how female athletes are portrayed in sports media? Read More
Sweet Justice?
July 25, 2018
Did Pepsi go too far in its use of protest iconography to sell its product? Read More
The Ethics of Green Advertising
September 26, 2017
Watch Dr. Lucy Atkinson (UT Austin) talk about the promises and pitfalls of green consumption on Youtube! Read More