As we continue along this journey of building and maintaining a CoP, I'm seeing the value of bridging disciplines - each of us coming from different backgrounds with different strengths and different perspectives. It is this diversity that creates opportunity and perhaps at times some tension.
With that said, I am grateful for my team members to keep the conversation flowing both through our formalized weekly meetings and or our organic discussions on WhatsApp. But I digress:
This week we dive into our Op-Ed assignment I have been especially interested in the ethical considerations of how communicators use imagery. For example, the Wolf Cull in British Columbia is a contentious issue, but some environmentalists resort to sharing macabre imagery to appeal to our emotions. The image linked below oddly doesn't even contain a photo credit (who / when / where it was taken), is it even related to the Wolf Cull? While effective in eliciting an emotion I must ask, are emotional opinions correct opinions? The opposite of course is true for communicators who use beautiful and majestic imagery to tug at our heartstrings and remind us of our pets/dogs.
As communicators, they should make ethical choices not just in how they craft their messages but in a way that provides a sound justification for or against something, coupled in the pursuit of truth with a social responsibility.
Macabre Reference: https://www.raincoast.org/2015/01/bc-slaughters-wolves/
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