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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Media Ethics is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Introduction	17
Ethics, Crisis Communication, and Gucci’s Blackface Sweater	11
Avoid Offensive Acts by Respecting Human Dignity and Growing Cultural Knowledge	10
Virtual Virtue? Opportunities and Challenges in Explicating Intellectual Virtues Through Journalistic Exemplars in the Digital Network	9
Corporate Claims and Stakeholder Doubts: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Review of CSR and Skepticism	6
A Test of Free Speech: Applying the Ethics of Care to Coverage ofSnyder V. Phelps	6
The Gucci “Wool Balaclava Jumper” Case is a Listening Failure; It Will Happen Again	6
Enhanced Realism or A.I.-Generated Illusion? Synthetic Voice in the Documentary Film Roadrunner	6
The In-House Balance: Negotiating Professional Identity, Boundaries, and Ethical Quandaries as an In-House Sports Reporter	6
Revisiting Social Media Ethics: The Impact of Platform Design on Human Solidarity, Expression, and Interaction	5
Social Distance, Ethics, and Engagement with Social Networks: How Do They Interact?	5
CASES AND COMMENTARIES	5
Introduction to the Special Issue: A Neo-Aristotelian Take on Journalism and Politics	5
Editor’s Note: Visions and Transitions	4
Cases and Commentaries	4
Media Representations and the Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bulgaria	4
Transcultural and Transnational Communication Principles? Suggestions for Minimum and Maximum Values as a Common Ground	4
The Impact of Crucibles in Developing Public Relations’ Character and Competencies as Servant Leaders	4
Communication as Integration: A New Theoretical Starting Point for Journalism Ethics	4
Journalistic Norms on Telegram: Ethical Dilemmas Covering the 2023–2025 Israel-Hamas War	4
What Happens When We Smooth Out the Rough Edges of the Past?	4
The State of Ethics Competencies, Training and Moral Efficacy in Public Relations	3
Beyond Algorethics: Addressing the Ethical and Anthropological Challenges of AI Recommender Systems	3
Building Trust and Accountability: What Journalists Can Learn from Critics and Engagement with the Public	3
Virtue Ethics and News Literacy: Toward Collective Flourishing in a Digital Age	3

Ethics Beyond the Newsroom: Ethical Media Engagement in Times of Conflict and Division	3
Humility: A Foundational Virtue for Digital Life	3
Reclaiming Media: Answering Surveillance Capitalists with Care-Based Democracy	2
From Classroom to Global Discourse: New Resources for Media Ethics	2
Ethical Public Relations Practices on Social Media in Kuwait: Toward an “Arab and Muslim Cultural and Ethical Public Relations” Perspective	2
Unpacking the Epistemology of Ethiopian Digital Journalism: An Exploration of News-Making Practices	2
Introduction	2
Reconceptualizing Journalism as a Care-Based Institution: The Historical Black Press as an Exemplar of Care Ethics	2
Consumer Perceptions of Ad Ethicality in Loot Box Promotions	2
Introduction: Digital Relationships and the Good Life	2
Moral Identity Development Among Emerging Adults in Media: A Longitudinal Analysis	2
Are Televised Presidential Debates Good for Democracy?	2
Trauma in the Newsroom: How Routine Practices Shape Gatekeeping in Pakistani Media	2
Introduction	2
The Impact of Ethics Instruction and Internship on Students’ Ethical Perceptions About Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, and ChatGPT	1
True or False? Viewer Perceptions of Emotional Staff and Stock Photos in the News	1
When AI Calls the Shots in Political Communication	1
The “Trolley Problem” in Fully Automated AI-Driven Media: A Challenge Beyond Autonomous Driving	1
Deliberative Newsworthiness: A Normative Criterion to Promote Deliberative Democracy	1
How to Cover Murder-Suicides: A Study of Irish Journalism Ethics	1
Character Skepticism and the Virtuous Journalist	1
The Problem with Apu: Recognizing Moral Issues in Media Ethics	1
Finding Better Ways for Newsrooms to Counter COVID Misinformation in the United States	1
Hiding in Plain Sight: Ethics of Care in Mainstream Journalism Codes of Ethics	1
If It Feeds, It Leads: Food Journalism, Care Ethics, and Nourishing Democracy	1
Brand Integration, Disclosure, and Ethics in Child-Targeted YouTube Videos: A Content Analysis	1
Introduction	1
Ethics in Fashion and Gucci’s Blackface Sweater; Will the Fashion Industry Finally Learn from Its Mistakes?	1
Autonomy in Local Digital News: An Exploration of Organizational and Moral Psychology Factors	1
A Communicational Ontology Inspired by Peter Singer	1
Ethical Guidelines and Practices for Pakistani Television Journalists Reporting on Domestic Violence	1
The Emotional Impact of Journalistic Images Depicting Natural Disasters on Affected Populations	0
Correction	0
New Tech, Same Goals: Why Political Communication Hasn’t Changed Much Despite AI	0
Recommendations for a Healthy Digital Public Sphere	0
Journalistic Self-Regulation for Equality: The Role of Gender Editing in Spain	0
Introduction	0
Senses of Truth and Journalism’s Epistemic Crisis	0
‘Bitch is Not a Term of Endearment’: A Metaethical Reflection on the Presumed Value Monism of Trash TV	0
Revisiting the (Queer) Ghosts of Journalism’s Past	0
Creation of a Code of Ethics for Influencer Marketing: The Case of the Czech Republic	0
The Space of the World: Can Human Ethics Survive Social Media and What if It Can't?	0
Textual and Comparative Analyses on AI Policies: How Big Tech and Their Global Watchdogs Frame Virtues and Responsibility*	0
Enabling and Empowering Lens-based Workers: An Analysis of the Photo Bill of Rights	0
Digital Promotion of Suicide: A Platform-Level Ethical Analysis	0
The Politics of Communicating COVID in the United Kingdom	0
The Dilemma of Body Worship: Ethical Concerns in Social Media Advertising	0
Introduction	0
Introduction	0
Introduction	0

Ethical Responsibilities in the Backends of Media and Digital Technologies	0
Introduction	0
Deepfakes, Documentary and the Dead: “I Wasn’t Putting Words into His Mouth. I Was Just Trying to Make Them Come Alive.”	0
Integrity as Solution to the Situationist Challenge to Virtue Ethics Journalism?	0
An Examination of the Use of Fake Names Among Central Asian Journalists	0
The Healing Power of Caring, Ethical Journalism	0
Cases and Commentaries	0
Unity Amidst Chaos: Bridging Behaviors and the Role of Media Elites to Overcome Polarization in Polycrisis Environments	0
Design Factors of Ethics and Responsibility in Social Media: A Systematic Review of Literature and Expert Review of Guiding Principles	0
Not a Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence is Augmenting Existing Political Communication Trends	0
Constructive Journalism: Techniques for Improving the Practice of Objectivity	0
The Behemoth of AI-Generated Political Image-Building	0
Special Call from the Journal of Media Ethics : Moral Psychology and Media	0
Moral Imagination in Journalistic Narratives: Embracing Visual Platforms	0
Insights into Moral Reasoning of AI: A Comparative Study Between Humans and Large Language Models	0
‘Spotlight’: Virtuous Journalism in Practice	0
African Moral Theory and Media Ethics: An Exploration of Rulings by the South African Press Council 2018 to 2022	0
India’s Floating Disinformation during the COVID-19 Pandemic	0
Ethical media creation and consumption in the age of digital fast food: The case of Chinese micro-drama	0
The Limits of the Digital Citizen in an Age of Surveillance Capitalism: Care as a Source of Online Virtue	0
Exploring Ethical Listening Among Public Relations Professionals	0
The Case for General Election Presidential Debates and Debate Reform	0
“Am I Failing to Protect Them?” The Impact of Abuse (of Journalists) on Newsroom Leaders in the Asia Pacific	0
Introduction	0
When AI Breaks Audience Trust - Neville’s “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain”	0
In a Mirror, Dimly: Why AI Can’t Tell Our Stories and Why We Must	0
Does It Still Make Sense to Talk About Journalistic Truth?	0
“We All Know It’s Wrong, But…”: Moral Judgment of Cyberbullying in U.S. Newspaper Opinion Pieces	0
Television Debates Mirror American Values	0
The Influence of Crucibles of Experience in Moral Development & Psychology of Public Relations Exemplars	0
Enhanced Realism or A.I.-Generated Illusion? Synthetic Voice in the Documentary Film Roadrunner	0
Artificial Intelligence Ethics in Journalism: A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization	0
Proximity as Practice: Fostering Accountability to Community in Journalism Practice-Research	0
Media Editors and the Feminization of Punditry in the Catalan Media System: Perceptions, Obstacles and Actions	0
Reimagining Citizen Participation in Journalism: Leveraging Financial Support as a Social Responsibility	0
Civil Deliberation Unpacked: An Empirical Investigation	0
Special Call from the Journal of Media Ethics : Media Ethics Symposium - ‘Challenges to Digital Media Flourishing’ October 2022, Pennsylvania State University	0
In Defense of Journalism and Presidential Debates	0
Inside the Ivory Tower: How Student Journalists Reason About Ethics	0
On Moderate and Radical Government Whistleblowing: Edward Snowden and Julian Assange as Theorists of Whistleblowing Ethics	0
Media Trials and the State of Journalism in India: Ethical and Legal Implications	0
Obituaries and the Good Life	0
What if There is No Who in the What of AI and Politics?	0
Introduction	0
Objectivity and Moral Judgment in U.S. News Narratives: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of ‘Culture War’ Coverage	0
Managing Sponsored Content in Hybrid Media Systems: A Proposed Alternative Journalistic Practice	0
Paradigm Zoning in the Media Landscape: An Examination of Normative Discourse on Native Advertising	0
Duty Now and for the Future: Communication, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence	0
Media Ethics in the Digital World: Emerging Technology Concerns and Covid-19 Lessons	0
Ethical Digital Attention: Philosophical Pathways and Barriers to More Eudemonic Digital Consumption	0
The Story of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Attribution Analysis of the Coverage of U.S. Corporate Responsibility Cases	0
On Ethically Informing Citizens About Political Conspiracies	0
The Media Trial of Siddiqui Kappan and the Ethical Implication for Journalism in India	0
Audience Data and Editorial Decision-Making: Evolution and Applications of Web Analytics in Newsrooms	0
Age Differences in Moral Reasoning: An Investigation of Sponsored YouTube Videos	0
To Show or Not to Show? The Depiction of Terror and Death in Nairobi	0
“The Worst Is When You Peel It and See That There Is a Worm”: A Network Semantic Analysis of Online Reactions Following Control Portugal’s Controversial Instagram Post	0