COM 480 - Media Ethics

Hey prof. this is my proposal for my creative and combined project for media ethics and theory: So, the idea I came up with is going to combine electronic music, nature, and diverse cultures/society to create a record label/production company. It is going to include people from all over the world, from diverse cultures and [...]

I agree that media regulations help in protecting the home. If media was unregulted our children and probably ourselves as kids would have grown up watching slaughterings and sex – both elements that appeal to the adult ethos and pathos (Freuidian explanation for our needs of sex and violence). Of course, we still recieve the [...]

In everyday life hospitality is the art of making your guests feel at home. In order to do so you must empathize with them and make them feel comfortable in an atmosphere that might be foreign to them. That is how a harmonious comuncation may take place. What Silverstone says is that we have an [...]

I would agree with silverstone that was connects the media with home is the content of what is being represented on the media. However, because we all don’t have the ability to represent the world as we see fit, the media needs to be regulated on how it depicts these images, but the individuals that [...]

Gabriele, go for it!

As agreed with you in class I’m writing my paper on Fight Club and The Social Network. These two movies were realized by the same director, David Fincher. It will be interesting to analyze, using some of the theories studied in our COM470 class, how and why, the Weltanschauungs, the principal idea offered by these [...]

Allyson, you have several different paper topics here. I like the idea of looking at Victoria Secret’s environmental practices. You could combine this with your theory paper and ask a deeper question about the role of victoria secret’s imaging and whether it can be reconciled with an environmental point of view. In other words, suppose [...]

I was thinking to write my paper on the CSR of Victorias Secret and about their impact on the environment. Each of their catalogs have a statement on the back that says they are printed on FSC certified paper (http://www.fsc.org/) and i wanted to talk about this, their watch dogs… “As a value-led organization, Victoria’s [...]

Mirella, sounds good. Just remember to tie it into media. You can talk about advertising and “hungry ghosts,” for example.

Lauren, sounds good. You should probably address at some point what should be done (i.e. laws, regulation, etc.).

I want to talk about advertising and media aimed at children, – the way it has blown up in recent years. – the effect its having on children and subsequently on parents. – a comparison of children’s media in other cultures. – the ethics of marketing to children. I know it sounds vague now but [...]

Bhuddism is not only a religion. It is a way of life, a modus vivendi and, above all, an ethical path. The principles of Bhuddism are, in my opinion, what constitute a utopian ethics for a perfect world. If this principles could be applied to the media realm, the information economy would have a completely [...]

Eliana, I would focus on the media aspects of globalization. There are two ways to look at. You can look at multinational media companies (TV, film, music, etc.) or at the information economy (the Internet). You then should focus on a specific aspect of either of these. You could also look at the cultural imperialism [...]

I honestly do not know what to write about in this class, I was looking at an article concerning the ethical issues of the human genome project, but I dont know if it relates to the things we have disccused in class. And I was thinking even if I were to write about wallie for [...]