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Ethics of Society and Ethics of Communication

The aim of this Working Group is to devote the greatest attention to the ethical and deontological problems and issues of the communication media in an epoch where, unfortunately, ethics is often neglected, ignored or simply misconceived or worse. Investigations of lying as a main activity for many people in the messages diffused through the mass media are a central focus.

Co-Chair: María Teresa Nicolás [Contact]
Co-Chair: Manuel Pares i Maicas [Contact]

This Working Group is concerned with ethical and deontological problems and issues of the communication media. It focuses particularly on the crisis of the relationship between ethics and politics; political developments in different areas of the world; the actors in the different modalities of political communication; the sources of political information and their risks from an ethical point of view; political news and public relations; and the roles played by propaganda and disinformation in political news.

Members of the Ethics of Society and Ethics of Communication Working Group.

IAMCR 2012 - Ethics of Society and Ethics of Communication Working Group Call for Papers

erythrina_caffra The Ethics of Society and Ethics of Communication Working Group of the IAMCR invites submissions of abstracts for papers for the next annual IAMCR conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. The conference will seek to explore the varied modalities of communication, of media flows and of associated identities, images and perceptions of the participants.

Istanbul 2011 - Ethics of Society-Ethics of Communication Working Group Call for Papers

The Ethics of Society - Ethics of Communication Working Group invites submissions for its sessions at the 2011 IAMCR Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, July 13-17 2011. The overall conference theme is 'Cities, Creativity and Connectivity'.

Braga 2010 - Ethics of Society and Ethics of Communication Working Group Call for Papers

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The Working Group on Ethics of Society and Ethics of Communication of the IAMCR invites the submission of abstracts bearing on the Conference theme as well as on the Working Group sub-theme: 'The ethical limits of the citizen's behavior' with the following content:

Stockholm 2008 - 'Ethics of Society - Ethics of Communication' Working Group Call for Papers

EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2008!

For the Swedish Conference of 2008, the proposal of this Working Group is to deal on the subject “Ethics and Deontology of Public Relations”. The main reason is because Public Relations have become a fundamental instrument of communication, which up to now has not received the appropriated attention from the communication researchers. It is a contrasting fact, because in practice they have a very important role in all areas of social activities