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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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Introduction	14
Building Trust and Accountability: What Journalists Can Learn from Critics and Engagement with the Public	12
Ethics, Crisis Communication, and Gucci’s Blackface Sweater	10
Introduction	10
Special Call from the Journal of Media Ethics : Moral Psychology and Media	9
Determinants of Attitudes toward Ethical Dilemmas in News: A Survey of Student Journalists	8
Familial Experiences of Exemplars in Marketing Communication	6
‘Spotlight’: Virtuous Journalism in Practice	6
On Ethically Informing Citizens About Political Conspiracies	3
Inside the Ivory Tower: How Student Journalists Reason About Ethics	3
Objectivity and Moral Judgment in U.S. News Narratives: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of ‘Culture War’ Coverage	3
Design Factors of Ethics and Responsibility in Social Media: A Systematic Review of Literature and Expert Review of Guiding Principles	3
An Examination of the Use of Fake Names Among Central Asian Journalists	3
Age Differences in Moral Reasoning: An Investigation of Sponsored YouTube Videos	3
Enabling and Empowering Lens-based Workers: An Analysis of the Photo Bill of Rights	3
Introduction	3
Cases and Commentaries	2
Avoid Offensive Acts by Respecting Human Dignity and Growing Cultural Knowledge	2
Media Ethics in the Digital World: Emerging Technology Concerns and Covid-19 Lessons	2
The Problem with Apu: Recognizing Moral Issues in Media Ethics	2
Moral Identity Development Among Emerging Adults in Media: A Longitudinal Analysis	2
Television Debates Mirror American Values	2
A Global Perspective on Ethics: New Resources for Teaching and Discussing Media Ethics and Journalism Ethics	2
Introduction	2
Virtual Virtue? Opportunities and Challenges in Explicating Intellectual Virtues Through Journalistic Exemplars in the Digital Network	2

Ethics in Fashion and Gucci’s Blackface Sweater; Will the Fashion Industry Finally Learn from Its Mistakes?	2
The Politics of Communicating COVID in the United Kingdom	2
Reclaiming Media: Answering Surveillance Capitalists with Care-Based Democracy	2
Duty Now and for the Future: Communication, Ethics and Artificial Intelligence	2
Introduction	1
The Emotional Impact of Journalistic Images Depicting Natural Disasters on Affected Populations	1
A Test of Free Speech: Applying the Ethics of Care to Coverage ofSnyder V. Phelps	1
From Classroom to Global Discourse: New Resources for Media Ethics	1
The Impact of Brazenly Glorifying Sexual Abuse in Indian Film	1
If It Feeds, It Leads: Food Journalism, Care Ethics, and Nourishing Democracy	1
Lessons in Media Ethics: Popular Culture, Religion and Digital Media	1
Ethical Responsibilities in the Backends of Media and Digital Technologies	1
The In-House Balance: Negotiating Professional Identity, Boundaries, and Ethical Quandaries as an In-House Sports Reporter	1
Introduction	1
Digital Promotion of Suicide: A Platform-Level Ethical Analysis	1
African Moral Theory and Media Ethics: An Exploration of Rulings by the South African Press Council 2018 to 2022	1
The Case for General Election Presidential Debates and Debate Reform	1
Media Trials and the State of Journalism in India: Ethical and Legal Implications	1
India’s Floating Disinformation during the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Introduction	1
The Healing Power of Caring, Ethical Journalism	0
Finding Better Ways for Newsrooms to Counter COVID Misinformation in the United States	0
On Moderate and Radical Government Whistleblowing: Edward Snowden and Julian Assange as Theorists of Whistleblowing Ethics	0
Introduction	0
Depiction of Sexual Violence in Indian Films: Viewing from and in a Man/patriarch’s World	0
Charity Fundraising and the Ethics of Voice: Cancer Survivors’ Perspectives on Macmillan Cancer Support’s “Brave the Shave” Campaign	0
Transcultural and Transnational Communication Principles? Suggestions for Minimum and Maximum Values as a Common Ground	0
The “Trolley Problem” in Fully Automated AI-Driven Media: A Challenge Beyond Autonomous Driving	0
True or False? Viewer Perceptions of Emotional Staff and Stock Photos in the News	0
Journalistic Self-Regulation for Equality: The Role of Gender Editing in Spain	0
Foundations of Communication/Media/Digital (In)justice	0
Exploring Ethical Listening Among Public Relations Professionals	0
The State of Ethics Competencies, Training and Moral Efficacy in Public Relations	0
Robust Comment Sections Need Robust Resources	0
Obituaries and the Good Life	0
Moral Transgressors vs. Moral Entrepreneurs: The Curious Case of Comedy Accountability in an Era of Social Platform Dependence	0
The Media Trial of Siddiqui Kappan and the Ethical Implication for Journalism in India	0
The Impact of Ethics Instruction and Internship on Students’ Ethical Perceptions About Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, and ChatGPT	0
Paradigm Zoning in the Media Landscape: An Examination of Normative Discourse on Native Advertising	0
Consumer Perceptions of Ad Ethicality in Loot Box Promotions	0
A Communicational Ontology Inspired by Peter Singer	0
In Defense of Journalism and Presidential Debates	0
The Gucci “Wool Balaclava Jumper” Case is a Listening Failure; It Will Happen Again	0
Character Skepticism and the Virtuous Journalist	0
Introduction	0
Media Representations and the Politics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bulgaria	0
Deepfakes, Documentary and the Dead: “I Wasn’t Putting Words into His Mouth. I Was Just Trying to Make Them Come Alive.”	0
The Story of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Attribution Analysis of the Coverage of U.S. Corporate Responsibility Cases	0
Cases and Commentaries	0
Ethical Guidelines and Practices for Pakistani Television Journalists Reporting on Domestic Violence	0

Civil Deliberation Unpacked: An Empirical Investigation	0
Creation of a Code of Ethics for Influencer Marketing: The Case of the Czech Republic	0
The Impact of Crucibles in Developing Public Relations’ Character and Competencies as Servant Leaders	0
Introduction	0
Caring with the Public: An Integration of Feminist Moral, Environmental, and Political Philosophy in Journalism Ethics	0
Enhanced Realism or A.I.-Generated Illusion? Synthetic Voice in the Documentary Film Roadrunner	0
The Influence of Crucibles of Experience in Moral Development & Psychology of Public Relations Exemplars	0
Comment Sections and the Ethical Demands of Democracy	0
Brand Integration, Disclosure, and Ethics in Child-Targeted YouTube Videos: A Content Analysis	0
Senses of Truth and Journalism’s Epistemic Crisis	0
Autonomy in Local Digital News: An Exploration of Organizational and Moral Psychology Factors	0
How to Cover Murder-Suicides: A Study of Irish Journalism Ethics	0
‘Bitch is Not a Term of Endearment’: A Metaethical Reflection on the Presumed Value Monism of Trash TV	0
To Show or Not to Show? The Depiction of Terror and Death in Nairobi	0
Nudging Children and Adolescents toward Online Privacy: An Ethical Perspective	0
CASES AND COMMENTARIES	0
Constructive Journalism: Techniques for Improving the Practice of Objectivity	0
Introduction	0
When AI Breaks Audience Trust - Neville’s “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain”	0
“We All Know It’s Wrong, But…”: Moral Judgment of Cyberbullying in U.S. Newspaper Opinion Pieces	0
Recommendations for a Healthy Digital Public Sphere	0
Audience Data and Editorial Decision-Making: Evolution and Applications of Web Analytics in Newsrooms	0
Enhanced Realism or A.I.-Generated Illusion? Synthetic Voice in the Documentary Film Roadrunner	0
Special Call from the Journal of Media Ethics : Media Ethics Symposium - ‘Challenges to Digital Media Flourishing’ October 2022, Pennsylvania State University	0
Holistic Dialogical Corporate Communications in the Food Retailing Industry: The Importance of Conscious Communication in Social Networks	0
Online Comment Sections: Does Taking Them Down Enhance or Hurt Dialogue in a Democracy?	0
‘We are Sorry This Video Is Not Available in Your Country’: An Ethical Analysis of Geo-blocking Audio-Visual Online Content	0
Introduction	0
“People are More than Just a Statistic”: Ethical, Care-based Engagement of Marginalized Publics on Social Media	0
What Happens When We Smooth Out the Rough Edges of the Past?	0
Sponsorship Disclosures in Online Sponsored Content: Practitioners’ Considerations	0
Introduction	0
Social Distance, Ethics, and Engagement with Social Networks: How Do They Interact?	0
The Dilemma of Body Worship: Ethical Concerns in Social Media Advertising	0
Managing Sponsored Content in Hybrid Media Systems: A Proposed Alternative Journalistic Practice	0
Deliberative Newsworthiness: A Normative Criterion to Promote Deliberative Democracy	0
Revisiting Social Media Ethics: The Impact of Platform Design on Human Solidarity, Expression, and Interaction	0
Audience Comments and the Civic Space that Rarely Was	0
Introduction	0