Trust Media?

Can we trust the media? As we sit here is the UAE one of the yard sticks we use to measure our media is the US. But is the US a good measure? This Yahoo News story has me and my Ethics students asking that very question. After Obama’s live, late-evening address from the East [...]

Power of the Press where are the ethics?

I teach a course in media ethics where we spend an enormous amount of time debating the role of the media today. We also talk about the responsibility of the media. A huge issue confronting the media has always been representation and truth. The Huffington Post brought this little nugget to our attention and I [...]

Ethics and Ads?

I teach ethics at the University level and I have to tell you this is an area that is very challenging to teach. The problem is not the amount of available material to discuss. The challenge is putting all players on a level playing field with respect to ethical expectations. Here is an interesting piece [...]

Do we need ethics training?

I was involved in the Global Media Ethics Roundtable 2010 last week. OK, GMER2010 was no TED and not even close to a TEDxDubai, but it was very interesting. What was interesting about 14 academics talking ethics from the theory through to the practice in broadcasting and a lot in between? What I realized is [...]

You know you are doing something right.

How often do you look in the mirror after you have done a days work and ask, “is it getting through?” I suspect all too often we miss the signs that what we are doing is having an impact. Today I was working with a class on an end of term project and gave the [...]