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Media Ethics is independent. It is eclectic in editorial content, and the sponsors are not responsible for its content. It strives to provide a forum for opinion and research articles on media ethics, as well as a venue for announcements and reviews of meetings, opportunities, and publications.

Media Ethics is grateful to its sponsors, who are neither responsible for nor in control of our content. Our current sponsors are:

Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication is a research center at the Pennsylvania State University College of Communications dedicated to the study and advancement of ethics and responsibility in corporate communication. The Center has awarded over $320,000 to scholars and professionals to support research about ethics and responsibility in public communication. *For more information, please contact Director Marie Hardin, The Arthur W. Page Center, 201 Carnegie Building, University Park, PA 16802; e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; Telephone: (814) 863-6307;

*Web site: The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication

Kegley Institute of Ethics The Kegley Institute of Ethics is committed to stimulating ethical thought and reflection on the California State University Bakersfield campus and in our service region. We host major lectures, panels and workshops, and we sponsor scholarships and research for faculty and students. *Contact: Christopher Meyers, Ph.D., Director, Kegley Institute of Ethics, 9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA 93311; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; Telephone: 661.654.3149;

*Web site: Kegley Institute of Ethics

Emerson College Emerson College is the nation's only four-year college devoted exclusively to the study of communication and performing arts. Emerson's School of the Arts and School of Communication both sponsor MEDIA ETHICS magazine on behalf of Emerson College and emphasize ethics in special programs, in their curricula, and in faculty research and publications. *Contact: Emerson College, 120 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116; Telephone: 617.824.8500;

*Web site: Emerson College

Union University Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, has approximately 3,800 undergraduate and graduate students working toward degrees in more than 100 programs of study. It stands as a national leader among colleges and universities in promoting an ethical world view drawn from ethics study in the Christian intellectual tradition. The Department of Communication Arts actively integrates ethics study into more than 50 course offerings. *Contact: Director Michael Chute, Center for Media, Faith, and Culture at Union University, 1050 Union University Drive, Jackson, TN 38305. Telephone: 731.661.6594; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ;

*Web site: Union University

Indiana University School of Journalism The Indiana University School of Journalism provides a permanent home for more than 170 media ethics cases on its Web site. Faculty are encouraged to use these cases in ethics courses.
*Contact: David Boeyink, Indiana University School lof Journalism, 940 E. 7th St., Bloomington, IN 47405; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; Telephone: 812.855.9821; Fax: 812.855.0901.

*Web site: Indiana University School of Journalism

The Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota The Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law is a research center located within the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. Its primary mission is to conduct research on, and promote understanding of, legal and ethical issues affecting the mass media. The Silha Center also sponsors an annual lecture series; hosts forums, conferences and symposia; produces the Silha Bulletin, a quarterly newsletter, and other publications; and provides information about media law and ethics to the public. Support is provided for faculty research, and for Silha Fellows working on advanced degrees. *Contact: The Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, U. of Minnesota, 111 Murphy Hall, 206 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0418; Telephone: 612.625.3421;

*Web site: The Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law

*Contact: Nancy Woodson, Program Officer or Sarah Roberts, Assistant Program Officer, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, Oklahoma Tower, 210 Park Avenue, Suite 3150, Oklahoma City, OK 73102;Telephone: 405.604.5388; Fax: 405.604.0297; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ;

*Web site: Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation

Facultad de Comunicación, Universidad de Navarra The School of Public Communication, University of Navarra, offered the first Spanish academic degree in journalism starting in 1958. Since that time, it has offered both graduate and undergraduate degrees in three different sequences: Advertising, Radio, Film and Television, and Journalism. Each sequence includes specific courses involving media ethics. *Contact: José J. Sánchez-Aranda, Facultad de Comunicación, Universidad de Navarra, Pamploma, España; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ;

*Web site: The School of Public Communication, University of Navarra

The Department of Communications at Brigham Young University The Department of Communications at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, is one of the strongest Communications departments in the United States with 1,300 students studying in 5 sequences (advertising, broadcast journalism, communications studies, print journalism, and public relations), and with a consistent record of national awards for student achievement in its applied programs. The department has a firm commitment to media ethics pedagogy, practice, and research as demonstrated by its free-standing course in media ethics; its inclusion of ethical principles across the curriculum; its strong faculty publication record in media ethics; its decade of financial support for the Media Ethics Colloquium 2000 which supports the work of media ethics scholars world-wide; and its role in the founding of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics. *Contact: Department Chair Bradley Rawlins, Department of Communications, Brigham Young University, 360 BRMB, Provo, Utah 84602-2501; Telephone: 801.422.2997; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ;

*Web site: Brigham Young University

The Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Institute offers a Ph.D. in communications within the traditions of social scientific research, historic-cultural interpretation, linguistics, and political economy. Its B.S. degree in Media Studies is rooted in the liberal arts. The Institute develops intellectually productive approaches to cultural, political, ethical and social challenges of the global communications economy. Public service and social responsibility are emphasized in the curriculum and research projects. Work in ethics is required of undergraduates and doctoral dissertations in communication ethics are an option. *Contact: Clifford Christians, Director, Institute of Communications Research, College of Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 810 S. Wright St., Suite 228, Urbana, IL 61801; Telephone: 217.333.1549; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ;

*Web site: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies, Duquesne University Duquesne University's Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies teaches and conducts research and development in the broad domain of communication studies, including integrated marketing communication, public relations and advertising, corporate communication, intercultural communication, communication ethics, rhetoric, and persuasion in the marketplace. Our departmental foundations are communication ethics, a humanities approach to the discipline, a research and development culture, and ongoing practical engagement with the marketplace. *Contact: Janie Harden Fritz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) or Alyssa Groom ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ); Telephone: 412.396.6446; Mailing address: Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.

SPECIAL THANKS
In addition to the intellectual contributions of our authors, and the financial contributions of our sponsors, Media Ethics would like to express its particular gratitude to:

Film-maker, scholar, and benefactor Robert Gardner, who has been a consistently generous friend to Media Ethics for more than a decade.  The readers of the magazine are, of course, its primary beneficiaries.

These "special thanks" shouldn't be thought of as detracting from our appreciation for The Grand Masonic Lodge of Massachusetts, particularly Grand Secretary Jeffrey Gardiner, Grand Master Roger Pageau, and Assistant Grand Treasurer Craig MacPherson for providing the space and other facilities that enable the Media Ethics office to function.

Our hosts at the Institute of Communications Research of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, who not only are publishers of the magazine, handling the fiscal and contactual functions with aplomb, but also are contributing financially to Media Ethics as a sponsor.

We also want to give thanks and recognition for the significant support of the following individuals and groups: Randy Bytwerk, Mark Fackler, the Dept. of Communications at Calvin College, Jochen Zeitz, and anonymous individuals.  The voluntary donations of each of these friends is extremely important to us.