The Media Ethics Initiative at the Center for Media Engagement promotes and publicizes research on the ethical decisions involved in media use. Media ethics explores the choices, values, and consequences inherent in our media and communicative practices. How do we affect self and our communities in our use of media such as the Internet? What sort of consequences should we avoid in our production and consumption of social media? How can we balance competing values such as privacy and the public interest in our journalism practices? These and many other issues fall under the term “media ethics,” and the Media Ethics Initiative aims to make us more aware of how we use media, as well as how media uses us. We have more than 150 media ethics case studies available for free in PDF on topics including social media, digital ethics, journalism ethics, art and aesthetics, free speech, advertising, political communication, south Asian media, health communication, sports media, and more.
