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The Case for General Election Presidential Debates and Debate Reform Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Television Debates Mirror American Values Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 David T. Z. Mindich
Kat Williams and Scott R. Stroud’s essay is about televised debates, but it is also about the value of television in a democracy. In Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman argues that television ...
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Introduction Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Patrick Lee Plaisance
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 39, No. 1, 2024)
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True or False? Viewer Perceptions of Emotional Staff and Stock Photos in the News Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Tara Marie Mortensen, Colin Piacentine, Taylor Wen, Nora Bost, Brian McDermott
The phenomenon of multi-used stock photography in the news contradicts the photojournalism professional values of truthful and emotional depictions. This reality echoes other false images increasin...
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Ethical Responsibilities in the Backends of Media and Digital Technologies Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Yayu Feng
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 39, No. 1, 2024)
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How to Cover Murder-Suicides: A Study of Irish Journalism Ethics Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Audrey Galvin
Based on 12 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, this study explores the attitudes of news media professionals toward Codes of Practice and guidelines and how they may conflict in the coverage of ...
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Social Distance, Ethics, and Engagement with Social Networks: How Do They Interact? Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Cid Gonçalves Filho, Flavia Braga Chinelato, Renata de Sousa da Silva Tolentino
Social distance often motivates consumers to increase their interactions through social networking sites. This study identifies antecedents of consumer brand usage and brand connection of SNSs, und...
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Exploring Ethical Listening Among Public Relations Professionals Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Katie R. Place, Emily J. Flamme
This qualitative study explored how 54 U.S.-based public relations practitioners engaged in ethical listening. Findings of the study suggest that public relations professionals engage in ethical li...
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Autonomy in Local Digital News: An Exploration of Organizational and Moral Psychology Factors Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Rhema Zlaten
This mixed-methods study examines autonomy and shifts in the evolving digital news industry. Autonomous agency of news workers is an essential indicator of how journalism work is fulfilling its rol...
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Media Trials and the State of Journalism in India: Ethical and Legal Implications Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Varsha Sisodia, Ashish Sharma
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2023)
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Duty Now and for the Future: Communication, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 David J. Gunkel
This essay examines whether and to what extent the “other” in communicative interactions may be otherwise than another human subject and the moral opportunities and challenges this alteration would...
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Civil Deliberation Unpacked: An Empirical Investigation Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Michel Croce, Filippo Domaneschi, Maria Silvia Vaccarezza
In recent decades, the digital age and the Third Industrial Revolution have attracted significant attention in terms of their benefits and risks. Scholars have explored the impact of these changes ...
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Virtual Virtue? Opportunities and Challenges in Explicating Intellectual Virtues Through Journalistic Exemplars in the Digital Network Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 David A. Craig, Casey Yetter
This article explores the opportunities and challenges of using journalistic exemplars in the digital network to explicate intellectual virtues necessary for flourishing in that network. It seeks t...
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The Media Trial of Siddiqui Kappan and the Ethical Implication for Journalism in India Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Ashish Sharma
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2023)
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Special Call from the Journal of Media Ethics: Media Ethics Symposium - ‘Challenges to Digital Media Flourishing’ October 2022, Pennsylvania State University Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Patrick Lee Plaisance
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2023)
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Special Call from the Journal of Media Ethics: Moral Psychology and Media Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Patrick Lee Plaisance
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2023)
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Introduction Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Sandra L. Borden
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2023)
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The Problem with Apu: Recognizing Moral Issues in Media Ethics Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Bastiaan Vanacker
The task of media ethicists is not only to shine a light on the dilemmas facing our field, but also to point out what the moral issues of the day are. Why is it that some cases and issues appear on...
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Reclaiming Media: Answering Surveillance Capitalists with Care-Based Democracy Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Joseph Jones
This project explores the political economy, logic, strategies, agents, values, and ethical implications of this latest iteration of modern capitalism, and it seeks to delineate what surveillance c...
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Introduction Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Patrick Lee Plaisance
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 3, 2023)
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Ethical Guidelines and Practices for Pakistani Television Journalists Reporting on Domestic Violence Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Omer Bin Nasir, C. Kay Weaver, Gareth Schott
ABSTRACT This project investigates the ethical frameworks in place for Pakistani television news journalists reporting cases of domestic violence. It also examines the provision and structure of training for Pakistani media professionals to support accurate and balanced reporting of such violence. The research comprised in-depth semi-structured interviews with a small group of television journalists
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If It Feeds, It Leads: Food Journalism, Care Ethics, and Nourishing Democracy Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Joseph P. Jones
ABSTRACT This project explores the ethical obligations of food journalists. Using history, normative, and feminist theory, I argue that if specific media is going to be considered food journalism, then we should be able to identify its service to citizens. This project thus seeks a unified view for evaluating the democratic and caring potential of food journalism. I outline some of the contours of
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The State of Ethics Competencies, Training and Moral Efficacy in Public Relations Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Marlene S. Neill
ABSTRACT The Commission on Public Relations Education (CPRE) found that early-career professionals are not meeting their supervisors’ expectations in ethics knowledge. The purpose of this study was to identify what ethics competencies public relations practitioners perceive are essential and how they evaluate themselves and their colleagues regarding mastery of these competencies. The study surveyed
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Constructive Journalism: Techniques for Improving the Practice of Objectivity Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Natasha van Antwerpen, Victoria Fielding
ABSTRACT Objectivity plays a central role in Western news media, being considered the cornerstone of professionalism and quality. However, as traditionally and passively practiced, critiques of objectivity include journalists overlooking inherent subjectivities in newsgathering, the impacts of journalists’ ideology on news representation, replication of existing power structures, and portrayals of
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Building Trust and Accountability: What Journalists Can Learn from Critics and Engagement with the Public Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Yayu Feng
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 3, 2023)
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Ethics, Crisis Communication, and Gucci’s Blackface Sweater Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Ginny Whitehouse
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2023)
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Recommendations for a Healthy Digital Public Sphere Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Kalli Giannelos
ABSTRACT As the multiple issues of the digital public sphere threaten our democracies and the cohesion of our societies, most attempts for a betterment of the digital networks and platforms revolve around a risk-response approach. This paper takes the opposite approach and develops a positive definition of the ideal ethical public sphere, combining normative features with original taxonomies. In view
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Creation of a Code of Ethics for Influencer Marketing: The Case of the Czech Republic Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Nina Ortová, Denisa Hejlová, David Weiss
ABSTRACT Influencer marketing is an increasingly important and ubiquitous component of strategic communication campaigns, yet one that remains ethically fraught, due largely to the nonexistence of, and objections to, ethics codes and/or regulation guiding its use or disclosure. This article describes a unique academic/industry hybrid study conducted in the Czech Republic combining (a) mixed-methods
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Avoid Offensive Acts by Respecting Human Dignity and Growing Cultural Knowledge Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Carrie La Ferle
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2023)
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The Gucci “Wool Balaclava Jumper” Case is a Listening Failure; It Will Happen Again Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-26 Monique Luisi
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2023)
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Ethics in Fashion and Gucci’s Blackface Sweater; Will the Fashion Industry Finally Learn from Its Mistakes? Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-26 Faren Karimkhan
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2023)
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On Ethically Informing Citizens About Political Conspiracies Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Jukka Varelius
ABSTRACT Conspiracy theorizing can sometimes have regrettable features that speak for suppressing it. Yet, given that an adequately knowledgeable citizenry is a prerequisite of a healthy democracy, the public should be informed about politically important events, including political conspiracies. In this article, I focus on the relationship between informing citizens about political conspiracies and
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Consumer Perceptions of Ad Ethicality in Loot Box Promotions Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Kimberly Kelling, Samuel M. Tham
ABSTRACT This study offers gamers’ insights to a worldwide popular loot-box game that is widely associated with gambling: FIFA. Through an ethical lens, this study looks at how gamers perceive loot-box promotions, their enduring attitudes toward the game, as well as the role of gaming addictions. A mixed-method study revealed that while gamers found loot boxes and promotions ethically questionable
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Introduction Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Patrick Lee Plaisance
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 1, 2023)
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Brand Integration, Disclosure, and Ethics in Child-Targeted YouTube Videos: A Content Analysis Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Eunjoo Choi
ABSTRACT This content analysis explores how often implicit brand integrations occur in YouTube videos that were created for child viewers. The study also investigates how often advertising disclosures appear along with the videos that include brand integration. Results indicate that brand integration occur the most often as a branded product becomes a prop or in the background (i.e. product placement)
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Media Ethics in the Digital World: Emerging Technology Concerns and Covid-19 Lessons Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Yayu Feng
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 38, No. 1, 2023)
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Objectivity and Moral Judgment in U.S. News Narratives: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of ‘Culture War’ Coverage Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Mengyao Xu, Zhujin Guo
ABSTRACT Using Natural Language Processing tools, the current study explores the evolution of objectivity practice in terms of attitude injection. Adopting the indicator of moral loading under the Moral Foundation Theory framework, it examined the moral judgments embedded in 20,679 culture war news articles published in five major U.S. newspapers from 1980 to 2021. Our findings revealed a distinct
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Journalistic Self-Regulation for Equality: The Role of Gender Editing in Spain Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Maria Iranzo-Cabrera, Mònica Figueras-Maz, Marcel Mauri-Ríos
ABSTRACT Despite journalism’s commitment to ethical principles such as accuracy, humanity and diversity, compliance with the gender perspective in content is still minimal in approximately one hundred countries. This inequality reinforces misperceptions, imbalances, and perceived differences between men and women. To address this situation, from 2010 to 2021, eight Spanish media companies appointed
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An Examination of the Use of Fake Names Among Central Asian Journalists Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Bahtiyar Kurambayev, Karlyga Myssayeva
ABSTRACT This article examines byline issues and journalism ethics in an Asian context, with particular focus on how journalists invent and subsequently publish articles under various non-existent authors. The study took place between April and August 2022 in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, where ethical misbehavior in journalism is normalized and academic institutions in the region fail to
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CASES AND COMMENTARIES Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Ginny Whitehouse
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 37, No. 4, 2022)
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Obituaries and the Good Life Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-11-03 Sandra L. Borden
ABSTRACT This study suggests that news obituaries have a role to play in educating practical reason using The New York Times’ Overlooked project to illustrate. The argument draws from virtue ethicist Alasdair MacIntyre’s book Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity. A close reading of Overlooked’s15 initial obituaries used the biographies in MacIntyre’s book as templates. The analysis concluded that the
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To Show or Not to Show? The Depiction of Terror and Death in Nairobi Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-11-01 John-Bell S. Okoye, Daniel Mule, Levi Obonyo, Amugo Eric Kadenge, Laura Anyasi, Josephine Mule, Rajendran J. Britto
ABSTRACT This study examines the metajournalistic discourse reflected in the use of corpse images from the DusitD2 terror attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2019. Drawing from concepts such as responsibility and resistance ethics, this study explores the viewpoints of Kenyan journalists and bloggers. Situated within qualitative research methodology, the findings suggest that the New York Times’ use
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Age Differences in Moral Reasoning: An Investigation of Sponsored YouTube Videos Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Jessica Castonguay, Nicole Messina
ABSTRACT Researchers in the area of children and advertising have been working for decades to determine exactly how children process commercial messages. While a great deal of work has focused on cognitive advertising literacy, research regarding the development of children’s moral advertising literacy is lacking. Given the popularity of social media platforms among youth today, this study examined
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The Story of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Attribution Analysis of the Coverage of U.S. Corporate Responsibility Cases Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-10-31 Hyun Ju Jeong, Deborah S. Chung
ABSTRACT Applying media effects and attributions to news coverage of corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues, this content analysis examines recent CSR news in the United States. Results showed that the news media presented CSR activities positively with episodic events, offering proactive solutions to social problems, particularly when the media attributed CSR to corporate motives for social
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Introduction Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-29 Patrick Lee Plaisance
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 37, No. 3, 2022)
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Deepfakes, Documentary and the Dead: “I Wasn’t Putting Words into His Mouth. I Was Just Trying to Make Them Come Alive.” Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Kate Nash
ABSTRACT The moral questions raised by synthetic media are considered in the context of posthumous documentary biography. Two possibilities are explored: firstly, that synthesis of the voice in biographical documentary deceives in a distinctive way and secondly, that it is possible for synthetic media to harm the subject of posthumous documentary.
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When AI Breaks Audience Trust - Neville’s “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 John C. Fitch III
ABSTRACT As digital technology advances at a truly exponential rate, documentary filmmakers may be tempted to bypass standards of ethical conduct – like subject consent and disclosure of contrived reenactments to audiences – in favor of dramatic impact. Some may also seek to replace missing archival or historical material and manufacture seemingly authentic content with the assistance of “digital performers
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What Happens When We Smooth Out the Rough Edges of the Past? Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Kendall Phillips
ABSTRACT Considerations of the impact of new technologies of archival information and the texture of public memory.
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Enhanced Realism or A.I.-Generated Illusion? Synthetic Voice in the Documentary Film Roadrunner Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Claire Coburn, Kat Williams, Scott R. Stroud
ABSTRACT What are the ethics of using voices generated by artificial intelligence or “deepfake” technology in documentary film? This case study explores the controversy surrounding the use of AI to reconstruct Anthony Bourdain’s voice in the biographical film, Roadrunner.
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Enhanced Realism or A.I.-Generated Illusion? Synthetic Voice in the Documentary Film Roadrunner Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Chad Painter
ABSTRACT Documentarians certainly have different ethical standards than their journalist counterparts, yet filmmakers also adhere to ethical constructs such as truth telling and privacy. The decision by Morgan Neville to recreate Bourdain’s voice in Roadrunner, and ethical issues including truth telling and privacy that the decision created, are not outweighed by the news value or impact of that inclusion
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Enabling and Empowering Lens-based Workers: An Analysis of the Photo Bill of Rights Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-02 Keith Greenwood, Ryan J. Thomas, Cory W. MacNeil
ABSTRACT In June 2020, representatives of eight photography organizations addressed ongoing challenges to the industry by introducing the “Photo Bill of Rights,” asserting “the rights of all lens-based workers and defining actions that build a safer, healthier, more inclusive, and transparent industry.” The bill centers what “lens-based workers” are owed by the media organizations that employ them
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Design Factors of Ethics and Responsibility in Social Media: A Systematic Review of Literature and Expert Review of Guiding Principles Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Kate Sangwon Lee, Huaxin Wei
ABSTRACT Large-scale social media services have been challenged due to their lack of ethical principles, which has resulted in allegations of user manipulation such as propagation of fake news related to COVID-19 vaccination and biased algorithmic curations that lead to social polarization. We studied current social media community guidelines and conducted a systematic literature review to identify
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Senses of Truth and Journalism’s Epistemic Crisis Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-08-01 Perry Parks
ABSTRACT Journalists’ and publics’ relationship with truth-telling is so messy because the term “truth” holds multitudes of competing senses that are rarely acknowledged in journalism discourse. People approach contested subjects from many, sometimes incommensurate, senses of truth. When journalists fail to identify the competing senses embedded in varying truth claims, they reproduce confusion as
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The Impact of Crucibles in Developing Public Relations’ Character and Competencies as Servant Leaders Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-07-31 Marlene S. Neill, Juan Meng
ABSTRACT Crucible experiences are essential in the development of leaders. Crucibles refer to trials and challenges that test and mold the character, values and behavior of leaders. Through in-depth interviews with 32 public relations leaders, we examined how crucible experiences specifically shaped them to practice servant leadership. Through the narratives they constructed about these experiences
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The Healing Power of Caring, Ethical Journalism Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-07-18 Yayu Feng
Published in Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality (Vol. 37, No. 3, 2022)
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Introduction Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Patrick Lee Plaisance
(2022). Introduction. Journal of Media Ethics: Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 77-77.
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The Politics of Communicating COVID in the United Kingdom Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Nick Anstead
(2022). The Politics of Communicating COVID in the United Kingdom. Journal of Media Ethics: Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 151-153.
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Finding Better Ways for Newsrooms to Counter COVID Misinformation in the United States Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-04-07 Tricia Fulks Kelley
(2022). Finding Better Ways for Newsrooms to Counter COVID Misinformation in the United States. Journal of Media Ethics: Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 148-150.
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‘Spotlight’: Virtuous Journalism in Practice Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-03-31 Yayu Feng
ABSTRACT This article presents an analysis of virtuous journalism as demonstrated in the award-winning movie Spotlight. It analyzes Spotlight using key concepts from virtue ethics theory – arête (virtue), phronesis (practical wisdom), and eudaimonia (happiness), revealing an in-depth understanding of the regulative ideals embedded in the movie. The article discusses major virtues exemplified in the
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“We All Know It’s Wrong, But…”: Moral Judgment of Cyberbullying in U.S. Newspaper Opinion Pieces Journal of Media Ethics (IF 1.15) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Rachel Young
ABSTRACT This study uses the theory of dyadic morality to analyze construction of cyberbullying as a contested social issue in U. S. newspaper opinion pieces. The theory of dyadic morality posits that when we claim harm, we are motivated to identify a cause of harm and a suffering victim. This moral triangulation indicts determinants of harm and suggests preferred solutions. Analysis of U.S. opinion