Book Launch - Political Communication Ethics: Theory and Practice
Thursday August 6 6:30 - 8:00pm EDT
Emmy Award winning journalist and former CNN Washington Bureau Chief Frank Sesno interviews Project director and School of Media and Public Affairs professor Peter Loge and SMPA student Anthony Thomas about Loge’s new edited book Political Communication Ethics: Theory and Practice.
From the publisher: “Political Communication Ethics: Theory and Practice brings together scholars and practitioners to introduce students to what, if any, ethical responsibilities political professionals have. Chapter authors range from a Trump advisor to an Obama appointee, from leading academics to top digital strategists, and more.
As a collection of diverse perspectives covering speechwriting and political communication, advocacy, political campaigns, online politics, and American civil religion, this book serves as an essential resource for students and scholars across many disciplines.”
Advance Praise for Political Communication Ethics
“The language of a highly polarized and populist politics forces the question: What are the ethics of political communication? Peter Loge, founder and director of the unique Project on Ethics in Political Communication at the George Washington, has brought together a rich and timely compendium of professional and scholarly wisdom to answer that question from a variety of disciplines, experiences, and viewpoints.”
— James A. Thurber, founder, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University
”If ever there was a time we needed considerations of ethics in political communication, it is now. Peter Loge and his contributors provide a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of political communication ethics. This text is essential in understanding the essential role of ethics in the theory and practice of politics in a democracy."
— Robert E. Denton Jr., Virginia Tech