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DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n“This is a timely collaboration between Media@91˿����Ƶ an
 d the\nCREUM\,” says Prof. Raboy\, “With all the upheaval we are\nwitnessi
 ng in the media environment\, it is the right moment to be\nlooking at the
  way media practices are affected by the economics of\nthe media industrie
 s and the impact that this has on our\ndemocracy.”\nProfessor Raboy (Beave
 rbrook Chair in Ethics\, Media and\nCommunications) will present on the et
 hical foundations of media\npolicy. His paper will look at the ways that “
 privately-owned\,\ncommercially-driven media have resisted state intervent
 ion…\nEthically\, there is no more reason for media institutions to remain
 \nin the realm of private life than\, say\, the education system. The\ness
 ential question is whether or not public policy can enhance the\nrole of m
 edia in the public sphere\, not whether it violates the\nprivate property 
 rights of media owners.”\nProfessor Barney (Canada Research Chair in Techn
 ology and\nCitizenship) will present on the 'revenge of publicity'. He say
 s\,\n'Emerging technologies have saturated the public sphere with\ninforma
 tion\, communication and opportunities to participate\, but it\nremains un
 clear whether this saturation contributes to more\, or\nless\, robust prac
 tices of political engagement. The question I will\nbe asking is whether t
 he prospects of political judgment are\nserved\, or undermined\, by the pa
 rticipatory affordances of emerging\nmedia technologies.'\nThe event progr
 amme is now available.\nMedia institutions are essential insturments of de
 mocracy\, but\nthey are also companies and actors in economic markets. We 
 often\nreproach the media in a way that brings to light these two roles\nt
 hey bear.\nThe lamentations are common: the regretful slogan “if it bleeds
 \,\nit leads” suggestive of the sensational character through\ninformation
  is sold\, the intensified coverage of “attractive\nevents\,” such as cele
 brity adoptions\, that are otherwise minor when\ncompared to other\, more 
 pressing politics. These complaints often\nexpress as dissatisfaction with
  media organizations’ fulfillment of\ntheir roles as democratic institutio
 ns\, which serve a number of\nfunctions: acting as the guard dogs of valid
  and truthful\ninformation\, increasing the quality of public debate\, as 
 well as\ncontributing to the democratic vitality of other institutions\, t
 o\nname a few. Yet\, as private enterprises\, media institutions are\nalso
  subject to the responsibility of increasing profits\, which\nleaves many 
 to treat information as a commercial product. This\nsecond role seems to a
 ccommodate\, if not justify\, the objects of\nthe above lamentations.\n\nC
 onsequently\, the following question arises: are these two\nresponsibiliti
 es contradictory? Otherwise put\, does the economic\nnature of media insti
 tutions bring them to produce information of a\nhigher quality or more inf
 ormation of lower quality?\nThe objective of this conference can be summar
 ized as addressing\nthese questions. More particularly\, we want to try to
  take into\naccount the adversarial nature of the economic environment in 
 which\njournalists evolve and conduct their work. While this adversarial\n
 perspective is frequently used in business ethics research\, it has\nyet t
 o be systematically applied to studying the roles and\nresponsibilities of
  media institutions. Our conference aims to\nexplore these perspectives in
  a manner that brings to light the\ntensions of a free press in a free mar
 ket\, while examining the\npractical solutions that are available.\n \n
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090418
LOCATION:CA\, University of Montreal - Room 1035\, J-Armand Bombardier Pavi
 llion\, University of Montreal - Room 1035\, J-Armand Bombardier Pavillion
 \, Montreal
SUMMARY:Media Ethics: From Information to Markets
URL:/channels/event/media-ethics-information-markets-1
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