Original manuscripts addressing any of a broad spectrum of issues in media ethics and communication technology are welcome. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, ethics in AI design and use, moral judgment, privacy, autonomous agency, trust, deception, credibility, identity, accountability, data use and management, and social responsibility. Focus may center on audience effects, or issues and motivations within a media sector, such as journalism, marketing, public relations, or social media. Manuscripts drawing from philosophy of technology, virtue theory, or moral psychology are particularly encouraged. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches are welcome, as are non-polemical philosophical explication approaches.

            The purpose of the two-day symposium is to foster advanced theorizing in the field of media ethics and to open opportunities for interaction with the symposium’s two keynote scholars and senior discussants. Up to 12 manuscript authors will be selected and provided with full travel and lodging support. Top submissions would be considered for inclusion in a possible special issue of the Journal of Media Ethics.

            Manuscript submissions must be no longer than 9,000 words (not including figures, tables and references). Send submissions as Word documents by 1 April, 2026, to Patrick Lee Plaisance at plp22@psu.edu. Formal symposium dates and other details to be announced shortly.