Did anyone see the twitter and facebook "deaths" of many celebrities last week?
Well, twitter and many other media outlets were advertising the "deaths" of celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Usher, and Ryan Seacrest.
The charity that the digital deaths were raising money for was Keep a Child Alive. The "deaths" were all alive individuals who would upon donations totaling 1 million dollars would become "alive" again.
But the ethical question at hand, was there a better way to go about this? Was using pictures of these celebrities in coffin's the best way to raise money for the children fighting HIV/AIDS?
The charity was developed by Alicia Keys. She is an advocate for the prevention/fighting of HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.
After multiple discussions with my grad friends, we all had very different feelings about the way this was advertised and used in online media.
So what do you think? Ethical temptation, ethical dilemma, or something else.....
1 comment:
Wow. I didn't know about this one. I'm starting with the premise that all of the celebrities gave their permission to be featured as digitally dead. If that is the case, I do not see an ethical temptation or dilemma.
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