Media Challenges to Digital Flourishing

A Two-Day Symposium, Oct. 6-7, 2022

Schedule of Events

THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 2022

7:30 – 9: a.m. | Continental Breakfast (134 HUB-Robeson Center)
By Invitation

9 – 11 a.m. | Welcome / Keynote Address (FLEX Theater, HUB-Robeson Center)

“The Relational Turn: An Ethics for the 21^st Century and Beyond”
-- David Gunkel, Northern Illinois University

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Presentation (134 HUB-Robeson Center)

Media Ethics and News Coverage of Violence in Latin American Contexts: A Case Study on Femincidios and Violence Against Women
-- Leandra H. Hernández, Utah Valley University

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (134 HUB-Robeson Center)
By Invitation

1:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Presentation (134 HUB-Robeson Center)

Virtual Virtue? Opportunities and Challenges in Explicating Intellectual Virtues Through Journalistic Exemplars in the Digital Network
-- David Craig and Casey Yetter, University of Oklahoma

3:00 – 4:15 p.m. | Presentation (134 HUB-Robeson Center)

Big Data or Big Care? Fundraisers Assess the Ethics of Using Algorithms for Digital Rage Donation Campaigns
-- Richard Waters, University of San Francisco

4:15 – 5:30 p.m. | Presentation (134 HUB-Robeson Center)

An Ethical Answer to Surveillance Capitalists: Privacy, Autonomy, Democracy, and Care
-- Joseph Jones, West Virginia University

6:30 p.m. | Dinner
By Invitation

FRIDAY, OCT. 7, 2022

7:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast (134 HUB-Robeson Center)
By Invitation

9 -11 a.m. | Welcome, Keynote Address (Flex Theater, HUB-Robeson Center)

Civility in the Post-Truth Age: An Aristotelian Account
-- Maria Silvia Vaccarezza, University of Genoa

11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Presentation (134 HUB-Robeson Center)

Apu, MeMorMach, and Moral Blind Spots
-- Bastiaan Vanacker, Loyola University Chicago

12:15 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (134 HUB-Robeson Center)
By Invitation

1:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Presentation (134 HUB-Robeson Center)

Autonomy in Local Digital News: An Exploration of Organizational and Moral Psychology Factors
-- Rhema Zlaten, Colorado Mesa University

2:45 – 4:00 p.m. | Presentation (134 HUB-Robeson Center)

Emotion Regulation and Identification: A Method of Promoting Well-Being through Narrative Media
-- Catherine Marple, Wake Forest University

6:30 p.m. | Dinner
By Invitation