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"Ethics in the News" provides a forum for students to compare and comment on media ethics reporting from various news sources. It seeks to critically evaluate events and their coverage as it explores ethical issues and concepts.Categories
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Category Archives: Deception
Cheating Review
I’m kicking off my new semester teaching communication ethics with a discussion about an ethical challenge students are familiar with: Cheating. When I first taught this class many years ago, I featured a Blog about the University of Central Florida … Continue reading
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Authors Guild vs. Google, Round 1
Google ended an 8 year battle with the Authors Guild on November 14, 2013 over the “fair use law” in its favor. Google has been digitizing books since 2004 without the expressed written consent of the writers for Google Books. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Business, Deception, Public Relations, Social Media
Tagged Authors Guild, fair Use, google, University of Tampa
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Abercrombie’s Glitch
Recent reports claim that Abercrombie & Fitch, a teen clothing company, had a drop in sales of 10% in the last quarter. After news of their plummeting sales hit, the company’s stocks plunged by 18%. There are claims that this … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Business, Deception, Public Relations
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Browsers stop trackers in their tracks
If you’re reading this blog post, you have some stake in the proposal brought up by the FTC this past December. Because of concerns for internet user confidentiality and lack of clarity with privacy settings, the FTC proposed a “no … Continue reading
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