Advertising/Public Relations
Ethical decisions and conflicting values in advertising
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…...
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…...
It ain’t Easy Being Green
January 12, 2023
What are the ethics of greenwashing products in advertising?...
More than a Fashion Faux Pas?
August 25, 2022
Can inclusive advertising survive the heavy hand of Facebook's able-biased AI?...
Ethical Targeting or Transgressing Ethics?
March 30, 2021
Is it ethical to use personalized data to target voters in political ad campaigns?...
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?...
How Much Emotion Can Health Campaigns Ethically Ev...
March 15, 2021
How far can health campaigns go in convincing people to eat healthy meals?...
Setting the Terms of the Debate
October 1, 2020
What ethical trade-offs accompany different ways of framing advocacy campaigns in political communication?...
Whose Image is It to Use?
July 9, 2020
What ethical choices lie behind the use of images for advocacy campaigns?...
Fighting (Online) Fire with Fire?
June 22, 2020
What are the ethics of using counterspeech to fight online harassment?...
Politics in the Age of Digital Information Overloa...
May 21, 2020
What are the ethics of Facebook allowing potentially misleading political ads?...
Campaigning for Your Enemies
May 7, 2020
Is it ethical to campaign for opponents you know you can beat?...
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?...
Ethics and E-Cigarette Advertising
January 20, 2020
What ethical concerns arise in regulating e-cigarette advertisements?...
Green is the New Color of Money
April 30, 2019
What are the ethical concerns with "greenwashing" in advertisements to sell products?...
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....
Entertaining Endorsements in Sports Journalism
December 28, 2018
What conflicts arise when sports journalists also get endorsement deals?...
Just Do It?
December 12, 2018
Did Nike do too much in their use of Colin Kaepernick and others in their recent advertising campaign?...
Side Effects May Include Persuasion
December 3, 2018
What ethical concerns are raised by direct-to-consumer advertising for pharmaceutical products?...
Covering Female Athletes
November 30, 2018
What ethical choices are made in how female athletes are portrayed in sports media?...
Sweet Justice?
July 25, 2018
Did Pepsi go too far in its use of protest iconography to sell its product?...
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!...