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Thoughts: Privacy and the Journalist: Some Special Problem Areas in "Ethics In Media Communications"
I think the easiest to decide concerning these "special problem areas" is the first one listed. I think 'contagious diseases and disabilities' should only be told if it's actually relevant to the story. If the story could have also easily happened to another person without such disease or disability, then there's no need to identify those problems ( Read more... ) -
My Thoughts on this week's class discussion
If I were offered a chance to report on the Taliban, I would decline for the same reason I would not embed with American troops (even with question of safety aside). My gut instinct is that my sense of objectivity would be compromised if I were to be involved with the parties directly involved in this war. If I wanted to report, I feel that the ( Read more... ) -
Decision Making and Truth Seeking.
In regards to this passage I read on page 22 of Chapter 02 in Information Ethics: A Profession Seeks the Truth:
This Enlightenment view of truth undergirds the journalistic ideal of objectivity. Objectivity has its intellectual roots in the previous three hundred years. While objectivity has many definitions, it may be considered, most simply, a ( Read more... ) -
Publishing news that offends...
Someone in class said that as a police member, "you have a duty to do (in regards to enforcing our country's laws)". As a journalist, don't you also have a duty to report what's happening ( Read more... ) -
Documentaries
Class Dismissed - How TV Frames the Working Class
Duration: 62 min
ISBN: 1-932869-03-4
Date Produced: 2005
Director: Loretta Alper
Producer & Writer: Loretta Alper & Pepi Leistyna
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Consuming Kids - The Commercialization of Childhood
Duration: 52 min ( Read more... ) -
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dun like livejournal much; sorry
me sticking with xanga
but that doesn't mean i won't read my sweeties ^-^