Media Ethics | South Asia Media

Defamation, Copyright, and Journalism in India
Should news organizations in India sue other sites who use their content to criticize it? Read More

Twitter’s Difficult Choice in India
How should Twitter deal with government demands to regulate speech in India? Read More

Accurate and Effective Reporting in a Pandemic
What ethical choices await Indian news media covering the pandemic? Read More

Reporting on Caste and Sexual Assault
What are the challenges and choices journalists face in reporting caste-based violence in India? Read More

Actors Playing Protestors in Real Life
What are the ethics of Bollywood celebrities joining popular protest movements--and the calls to "cancel" their careers? Read More

Changing Comments or Changing Minds?
When a Pakistani newspaper uses an algorithm to change user comments to protest government censorship, what could go wrong? Read More

To Release or Not to Release
What are the ethics of films that portray political assassinations in India? Read More

Reporting on Sexual Assault in India
What are the challenges to privacy and community safety in reporting on sexual assault in India? Read More

Fake News and Real Tensions
Throughout the rising tensions following the Pulwama attack in Kashmir, there was a relatively new element of the contemporary Indo-Pakistani conflict: fake news. Read More

Can a Film be Too Moving?
How much of an effect can films about candidates have on public opinion during an election in India? Read More