Videos
Overdoing Democracy: The Problem of Political Pola...
March 3, 2021
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....
Weather Media in the Public Sphere
May 2, 2019
What are the implications of our communication about weather for our democratic public sphere?...
Race, Democracy, and Media
April 16, 2019
How does America's struggle with current and past oppression intersect with media practices?...
Race, Democracy, and Media
March 6, 2019
April 9, 2019: How does America's struggle with current and past oppression intersect with media practices?...
The Ethical Study of Digital Fan Culture
February 26, 2019
March 26, 2019: What ethical challenges arise in researching digital fan culture?...
Media Freedom and the Middle East
February 6, 2019
February 19, 2019: How do you create media freedom in the Middle East?...
Disrupting Journalism Ethics
November 14, 2018
What ethical challenges confront the public relations practitioner?...
Ethics in Public Relations
November 14, 2018
What ethical challenges confront the public relations practitioner?...
Is Incivility Ever Ethical?
October 25, 2018
Must we always be civil in our protests and activism?...
Media Ethics and Mobile Devices
October 4, 2018
What ethical issues arise when we ask employees to use their own mobile devices?...
Disrupting Journalism Ethics
September 13, 2018
November 5, 2018: Can journalism ethics be revised to meet the new challenges to democracy?...
Is Incivility Ever Ethical?
September 12, 2018
October 16, 2018: Is it ever ethical to not be civil in communicating with others?...
Ethics in Public Relations
September 12, 2018
October 30, 2018: What ethical choices face the public relations professional?...
Moral Psychology and Media
September 12, 2018
September 19, 2018: What can psychology tell us about media ethics?...
Media Ethics and Mobile Devices
September 12, 2018
September 25, 2018: What ethical issues are raised by cell phones at work?...
The Ethics of Media Criticism
May 2, 2018
What are the ethics of media criticism in turbulent political times?...
What Exactly is Revenge Porn or Nonconsensual Porn...
April 20, 2018
[ARTICLE]: Is revenge porn really simple to identify and legislate?...
Media Ethics and Virtual Reality
April 18, 2018
What ethical issues are raised by the use of virtual reality in journalism?...
Robots, Algorithms, and Digital Ethics
April 4, 2018
Dr. David Gunkel (NIU) discusses robot rights and digital ethics....
The Real Ethics of Fake News
March 20, 2018
Dr. Scott Stroud (UT Austin) explores the complex ethics of fake news....
danah boyd on Digital Ethics
March 14, 2018
Watch Dr. danah boyd's talk on digital ethics, big data, and artificial intelligence....
News Media and Democracy
March 12, 2018
Dr. Talia Stroud (UT Austin) discusses how to engage newsrooms in the digital age....
Idealized Images of Women in the Media
March 2, 2018
Watch Dr. Kate Pounders (UT Austin) discuss idealized images of women in the media....
Media Criticism in Turbulent Times
February 14, 2018
April 25, 2018: What is the role of media criticism in our turbulent political times?...
Virtual Reality and Media Ethics
January 26, 2018
April 10, 2018: What does virtual reality mean for digital ethics and journalism?...
News Media and Democracy
January 23, 2018
February 22, 2018: Can the news media save democracy? Can scholars save the news media?...
Robots, Algorithms, and Digital Ethics
January 19, 2018
April 3, 2018: Do robots have rights? What do robots mean for digital ethics?...
Hacking Big Data
January 19, 2018
March 6, 2018: danah boyd explores whether democracy and big data can coexist....
The Real Ethics of Fake News
January 19, 2018
February 27, 2018: What ethical challenges wait for us in the fight against fake news?...
Idealized Images of Women in the Media
January 19, 2018
February 6, 2018: What are the ethical problems with representations of women in the media?...
The Ethics of Climate Change Communication
December 11, 2017
Watch Dr. Jean Goodwin discuss the ethics of climate change communication....
Dr. Scott Stroud on the Media Ethics Initiative
December 4, 2017
The Media Ethics Initiative examines the choices, consequences, and values involved in our communicative activities....
The Dark Side of Social Media
November 27, 2017
A panel of experts discusses the dark side of social media....
Panel Shines Light on the Dark Issues of Social Me...
November 16, 2017
[ARTICLE] What is the dark side of social media? A panel of experts discuss privacy concerns and more in our online lives....
The Ethics of Climate Communication
November 7, 2017
An interview with Dr. Jean Goodwin about science communication, rhetoric, and ethics....
Philosopher Discusses New Media’s Threat to ...
November 3, 2017
[ARTICLE] Gregory Pappas discusses how new media inhibits deeper learning and threatens the health of democracy....
New Media, Education, and Democracy
November 2, 2017
Dr. Gregory Pappas (Texas A&M) discusses the meaning of new media on democracy and education....
Moral Psychology on Why We Love Stories
October 27, 2017
Watch Dr. Robert Lewis (UT Austin) talk about moral psychology and our love of stories....
Anthems and Activism in the NFL
October 16, 2017
Watch Dr. Michael Butterworth (UT Austin) discuss the ethical issues raised by the NFL anthem protests....
The Dark Side of Social Media
October 3, 2017
November 6, 2017: What is the dark side to our social media use? What can be done to improve our social media landscape?...
Stories, Ethics, and Media Psychology
October 3, 2017
October 19, 2017: What are the ethical implications of mediated stories?...
Anthems and Activism in the NFL
October 3, 2017
October 11, 2017: What are the ethics of the NFL anthem protests and the media coverage of them?...
Media, Democracy, and Education
September 26, 2017
October 26, 2017: How do new media technologies affect our democracy and educational efforts?...
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!...
Ethics and Climate Communication
September 26, 2017
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?...
The Ethics of Green Advertising
September 18, 2017
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....
Rhetorics of the Good Life
March 16, 2017
May 3, 2017: What is the nature of the good life and virtuous communication in the present social environment?...
Moral Psychology and Media Practice
March 8, 2017
April 10, 2017: How does human psychology inform media ethics?...
Stressing Ethics in an Unfiltered Age
March 3, 2017
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...
Ethical Issues in the Fight Against Revenge Porn
March 1, 2017
March 21, 2017: What are the ethical issues involved in online revenge porn, and what tough ethical decisions are involved in fighting it?...
Journalism Ethics and Social Media
December 19, 2016
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......
Journalism and Media Bias
December 13, 2016
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......
Ambedkar, Social Justice, and Buddhist Right Speec...
December 12, 2016
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....
Trump, Clinton, and the Race for the Presidency
December 9, 2016
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?...
Advertising, Ethics, and Culture
December 9, 2016
October 13, 2016: How do advertising practitioners in other cultures confront ethical issues?...
Why Reflect on the Media?
December 8, 2016
What is the purpose of the Media Ethics Initiative?...