Media Ethcis
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Media Ethics is the Magazine Serving Mass Communication Ethics. They feature interesting topics on 21st-century people, trauma, journalism, artificial intelligence, cancel culture, and many more trending issues.
Media Ethcis
1M ago
BY HEATHER WALTERS
The massive expansion of deepfakes has provided more fertile ground for the development of disinformation campaigns. What are the ethical concerns of deepfake video content? Why do they disproportionately impact women ..read more
Media Ethcis
1M ago
BY ELLA IRWIN & SCOTT R. STROUD
True crime podcasts have exploded in popularity within the last decade. While they may help to ensure victims are not forgotten, what are the ethical ramifications of amatuers discussing unresolved cases via an entertainment medium? ..read more
Media Ethcis
1M ago
BY GABBY SHERWOOD
Images are often considered useful or necessary to visually aid the written text of a news story. When such images are graphic and/or part of coverage for an on-going conflict, however, what responsibilities do journalists have to ensure sensitive content is handled ethically ..read more
Media Ethcis
1M ago
BY ERIK GUSTAFSON
While generative AI technologies may seem foreboding, this article contributes to current conversations about AI and ethics via the useful analogy of software and hardware. AI may not yet be stable or familiar, but nonethless, how can we think though the ethics of AI right now, in the present moment, even as it continues to change and expand ..read more
An Algorithm-Raised Generation? Ethical Problems with AI-Generated Social Media Content [CASE STUDY]
Media Ethcis
11M ago
BY RACHEL BARR, KAT WILLIAMS, & SCOTT R. STROUD
Since digital technology has become ubiqutious, many of today's children grow up online. Though algorithms and AI help organize content to improve our experiences on the internet, ethical conflicts abound for one of the most inexperienced, and most vulnerable, populations in society ..read more
Media Ethcis
11M ago
BY CAIMEN SCHNEIDER, KAT WILLIAMS, & SCOTT R. STROUD
Emojis can make digital messages more fun, but may also lead to serious misunderstandings. What are the ethical ramifications of such miscommunication and who should be responsible for it ..read more
Media Ethcis
11M ago
BY MIA ETEM, KAT WILLIAMS, & SCOTT R. STROUD
As artifical intelligence continues to advance at rapid rates, some chatbots sound convincingly like real humans. But if AI cannot reason ethically, how should that inform the way we develop and engage with the technology ..read more
Media Ethcis
11M ago
BY LEAH A. RANSOM
A review of The Ethics of Virtual and Augmented Reality: Building Worlds, by Erick Jose Ramirez. New York: Routledge, 2022. 216 pp. $128.00 ..read more