Conference Video

Global Media Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Conference

Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, March 15-16, 2013

Introduction

This section provides video from the Global Media Ethics conference held at Brooklyn College in March 2013. It includes talks by authors of five of the chapters in Think/Point/Shoot: Media Ethics, Technology and Global Change: Jon Alpert, Christine Choy, Samir Chopra, Yoruba Richen, and Tami Gold.

The video is divided into six sessions:

Day One: March 15, 2013

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  1. Opening keynote address by Jon Alpert
  2. Panel on the ethics of representations of race, gender, and ethnicity
  3. Panel on post-human ethics

Day Two: March 16, 2013

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  1. Welcome address by Lonnie Isabel
  2. Reflections on Media Ethics
  3. Panel on women in film and television
  4. Closing keynote address by Tami Gold

The question-and-answer sessions following the presentation are included for each section. We hope that, just as the presentations led to lively discussion at the conference itself, these videos will serve as a springboard for discussion and debate in your classrooms.

Acknowledgments

This conference was made possible by generous support from: Brooklyn College Office of the Dean of Visual, Media and Performing Arts; Brooklyn College Department of Film; Brooklyn College Department of Television and Radio; Center for the Study of World Television at Brooklyn College; CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; New York Women in Film & Television; and The Loreen Arbus Foundation.

The organizing committee included: Lynda Day, Annette Danto, (co-chair), Mobina Hashmi (co-chair), Lonnie Isabel (co-chair), John Jannone, Stuart MacLelland, Dorothy Rompalske, and Jessica Siegel.