Robert Talisse draws from current findings regarding political polarization to argue that, as important a social good as democracy is, it is nonetheless possible for citizens to overdo it....

What are the implications of our communication about weather for our democratic public sphere?...

How does America's struggle with current and past oppression intersect with media practices?...

April 9, 2019: How does America's struggle with current and past oppression intersect with media practices?...

March 26, 2019: What ethical challenges arise in researching digital fan culture?...

February 19, 2019: How do you create media freedom in the Middle East?...

What ethical challenges confront the public relations practitioner?...

What ethical challenges confront the public relations practitioner?...

Must we always be civil in our protests and activism?...

What ethical issues arise when we ask employees to use their own mobile devices?...

November 5, 2018: Can journalism ethics be revised to meet the new challenges to democracy?...

October 16, 2018: Is it ever ethical to not be civil in communicating with others?...

October 30, 2018: What ethical choices face the public relations professional?...

September 19, 2018: What can psychology tell us about media ethics?...

September 25, 2018: What ethical issues are raised by cell phones at work?...

What are the ethics of media criticism in turbulent political times?...

[ARTICLE]: Is revenge porn really simple to identify and legislate?...

What ethical issues are raised by the use of virtual reality in journalism?...

Dr. David Gunkel (NIU) discusses robot rights and digital ethics....

Dr. Scott Stroud (UT Austin) explores the complex ethics of fake news....

Watch Dr. danah boyd's talk on digital ethics, big data, and artificial intelligence....

Dr. Talia Stroud (UT Austin) discusses how to engage newsrooms in the digital age....

Watch Dr. Kate Pounders (UT Austin) discuss idealized images of women in the media....

April 25, 2018: What is the role of media criticism in our turbulent political times?...

April 10, 2018: What does virtual reality mean for digital ethics and journalism?...

February 22, 2018: Can the news media save democracy? Can scholars save the news media?...

April 3, 2018: Do robots have rights? What do robots mean for digital ethics?...

March 6, 2018: danah boyd explores whether democracy and big data can coexist....

February 27, 2018: What ethical challenges wait for us in the fight against fake news?...

February 6, 2018: What are the ethical problems with representations of women in the media?...

Watch Dr. Jean Goodwin discuss the ethics of climate change communication....

The Media Ethics Initiative examines the choices, consequences, and values involved in our communicative activities....

A panel of experts discusses the dark side of social media....

[ARTICLE] What is the dark side of social media? A panel of experts discuss privacy concerns and more in our online lives....

An interview with Dr. Jean Goodwin about science communication, rhetoric, and ethics....

[ARTICLE] Gregory Pappas discusses how new media inhibits deeper learning and threatens the health of democracy....

Dr. Gregory Pappas (Texas A&M) discusses the meaning of new media on democracy and education....

Watch Dr. Robert Lewis (UT Austin) talk about moral psychology and our love of stories....

Watch Dr. Michael Butterworth (UT Austin) discuss the ethical issues raised by the NFL anthem protests....

November 6, 2017: What is the dark side to our social media use? What can be done to improve our social media landscape?...

October 19, 2017: What are the ethical implications of mediated stories?...

October 11, 2017: What are the ethics of the NFL anthem protests and the media coverage of them?...

October 26, 2017: How do new media technologies affect our democracy and educational efforts?...

November 14, 2017: What are the ethical choices being made when arguers claim that there is a scientific consensus backing their stance on climate change?...

September 21, 2017: Interested in the ethics of green advertising and the push for sustainability? Listen to Dr. Lucy Atkinson (UT Austin) talk about her research on sustainable consumption....

May 3, 2017: What is the nature of the good life and virtuous communication in the present social environment?...

April 10, 2017: How does human psychology inform media ethics?...

It is more important than ever for members of the media to stay ethical and informed, according to Mary Bock, associate professor of in the School of Journalism, during a talk...

March 21, 2017: What are the ethical issues involved in online revenge porn, and what tough ethical decisions are involved in fighting it?...

February 16, 2017: Journalistic 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......

January 31, 2017: Is the media biased? How do you even start to answer that question? Join us for a provocative talk by Dr. Robert Jensen......

January 24, 2017: Following 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....

November 2, 2016: From their announcement speeches to the final debate, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have rhetorically constructed portraits of American democracy in their campaign rhetoric. What do those portraits look like? How are they constructed?...

October 13, 2016: How do advertising practitioners in other cultures confront ethical issues?...

What is the purpose of the Media Ethics Initiative?...