MC 4090 - final exam (ch. 24 -27)

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the case of the political campaign tactics represents what principle?

"the veil of ignorance"

Explain the case of the request to "unpublish". (17)

1. Alexa Kelly emailed her college newspaper (The Aquin) after she graduated asking to remove her name and article from a story she spoke on while in college regarding the universities handlings with intoxicated people found on campus. 2. Kelly explained she worked for a school district and explained it could harm her profession. 3. the story ran below the print edition of the Aquin and appeared in a PDF version online. 4. the online PDF version worked as a "long tail" that reaches people around the world. 5. The Aquin advisor first tried to hid the story from search engines. 6. then the advisor installed a robots.txt file on the newspaper's website but it didn't block the PDF file. 7. then the advisor tried to password protect the PDF file but that didn't prevent a summary of the story from popping up in google when searching Kellys name but you couldn't open the file itself. 8. they also requested to remove the PDF from its indexes but it kept popping up in searches. 9. Kelly thought the paper was stalling and began to hint at legal action. 10. The advisor ended up removing the PDF from the Aquin online archive because the same info would still be available in the paper files for anyone asking for it. 11. The advisor discussed this discussion with the editor who agreed the problem wouldn't pop up again. 12. in 2009, the university stopped publishing the Aquin and launched the online media organization "TommieMedia.com" 13. this found themselves exposed to a larger readership - the whole world 14. after TommieMedia.com launched, they received 2 other requests to unpublish stories. 15. the TommieMedia.com advisors and student leaders met to discuss unpublishing actions and policies. 16. during the discussion they used the Aquin example of unpublishing Kelly's story because it represented the ethical dilemma of source remorse -- they didn't agree with the advisor at the time's decision to remove it.. 17. after the discussion they came to a number of conclusions on dealing with unpublishing stories for the future which were: unpublish for the right reason, do the right thing before you publish, embrace the differences of the web, and recognize that students are different.

Explain the case of telling the story of the other. (18)

1. Astoria Jellett didnt want to take News Writing and editing but it was required for her major. 2. However, overtime she found to enjoy the class and interest in politics. 3. Jellett joined a local photographer who was working on a project that involved photographing African-American business on Waters Avenues, an economically challenged street in Savannah, Georgia. 4. Jellett's role was to interview business owners, record the interviews, and record the ambient sound of the business. 5. the goal of the project was to product a multimedia installation for a group exhibition. 6. Jelletts first assignment was to interview some people in a barbershop. 7. The interview went great but she felt out of place since she and the photographer were the only white people and only women. 8. Jellett thought back to a documentary she watched in her class called "Stranger with a camera". 9. She specifically remembered the line "a camera is like a gun". 10. This documentary involved a man named O'Connor who rented one of Ison's house to film on the property and document life in the U.S. at the time. 11. When Ison heard he was filming on his land he shot O'Conner and killed him. 12. this scene was included in the documentary to remind students to be respectful of private space. 13. While conducting interviews at the Barbershop, Jelletts had this issues come to mind - feeling she doesnt have the authority to report on this. 14. Jellett sought counsel from her professor who said just her noticing the differences was itself a positive step. 15. Her professor said that as long as you are portraying the situation accurately and with humanity, you are fine. 16. Jellette continued to work on the project with a purpose. 17. The exhibition was a success and many of the subjects came to the opening. 18. Jellette said she believed she accomplished something positive for many reasons but one being that the participants were pleased.

Explain the case of the disagreeing sources. (13....)

1. Becky Wisniewski wrote for the student newspaper and community blog. 2. for one of her class assignments she decided to write an enterprise story on a local elementary school swimming program. 3. when working on her research and interviews with parents, program directors, teachers and children; she didn't expect what she received. 4. she interviewed the athletic director at the high school who allowed her to watch the class herself. 5. she knew a fair story would reveal program shortfalls but she wanted to avoid including unsubstantiated or unwarranted criticism. 6. when visiting the lessons she noticed a different experience compared to what the AD explained. So she decided to not include that in her story. 7. She didn't include the teacher's criticisms because she felt that was wrong since the city pays them to do their job and they are dissing their employer. 8. she then decided to seek more information on the issue with her roommate and professor. who told her to post it in an observation way. 9. after talking she decided to use a nuts and bolts approach 10. she talked about how the program worked and how the lessons are often the first time children have exposure to the pool. 11. she described for the reader what she witnessed. 12. after she published the story she received a comment on the blog and approved it because it provided an important perspective. 13. another comment came in addressing the first comment and they approved it as well because provided further insight for the reader.

explain the case of the manipulated photo. (12.....)

1. David Calvert became interested in photojournalism during high school. 2. at a sporting event David noticed a freelance photographer manipulating an image of the event he was covering. 3. a few days later he saw the same guy again manipulating a different photo. 4. David recorded him doing this and said he wasn't going to do anything with it but just show a friend. 5. he later noticed that the manipulated photo was posted. 6. a week later he found a blog written by a newspaper photo editor who found a similar photo of the freelancer and revealed the man had manipulated the photo used. 7. the freelancer's company announced they would terminate his contract with them. 8. the freelancer then gave a response to the article and said "it was an innocent mistake and one-time thing". 9. David was frustrated by the freelancer's response and began to think of how he will handle it. 10. David looked to his mentors for help (professor and 2 photographers he respected). 11. David then figured out how he would handle the situation. -- he contacted a friend who worked at the wire service the freelancer worked at and explained what he witnessed and asked that his friend share this information with the wire service editor. 12. after the wire service received the information they removed all archived photographs taken by the freelancer along with terminating his contract.

explain the case of the "see below the fold". (13..)

1. Editor in chief, Vinny Vella, at La Salle University student newspaper got a tip that professor Jack Rappaport featured exotic dancers during one of his seminars. 2. when Vella, Smith, and Harold asked the dean to do a story on this he said no, not until the universities lawyers finished their investigation of the incident. 3. the student paper approached students in the seminar asking to go on the record and all agreed but the dead still said no. 4. a day later, a competing newspaper posted a version of the story adding insult to injury which went viral. 5. none of the deans or university administrators commented on the story thus leaving the new/false information to be assumed as true to the public. 6. Vella felt defeated. 7. Vella went back to the dean asking to publish the story but was still told no and that it had nothing to do with the upcoming open house weekend. 8. the dean then called them back and told them they could publish the story on April 14, but after the story was cleared by the lawyers. 9. Vella asked if the story could be above the fold but the dean said below it. 10. Annoyed with the answer they got, Harold and Smith seemed advice from a professor on what to do. 11. the professor said it was a straightforward decision to either defy the instructions, comply with them or find a third option. 12. Smith and Harold both immediately knew what to do 13. Smith and Harold decided that the top half (above the fold) would be completely blank and have "See below the fold". then below it is the story.

Explain the case of job-hunting ethics for Emily Parnell. (16)

1. Emily Parnell is a type A personality where she is driven to do everything prompt and perfect. 2. 6 months before graduation, Emily began job hunting. - her dream job was an account manager at an advertising agency. 3. However, a few weeks before graduation she still didn't have anything. 4. Then she received an email from a professor about Connectiv, an online marketing services firm in Boston that had a sales position available. 5. During her second interview she got a job offer/ 6. although Emily was excited to finally have an offer, she felt like the job wasn't quite right but felt obligated to say yes. 7. Emily ended up seeking advice from her professor and school's career office whom both said it was a good offer and since it was her only offer she should sign and take it. 8. days later, Parnell began to have "buyer's remorse" and questioned her decision. 9. days after agreeing to work at the Boston firm. Emily got a call from a recruiter who found her information on LinkedIn and told her that Nova (an advertising agency) was looking for a marketing coordinator and was interested in her. 10. Emily agreed to the interview and during the interview process she informed the company that she had already accepted an offer from another firm. 11. Nova offered Emily the job but required she rescind her employment with Connectiv. 12. Emily sought advice again on what to do from her parents and professor. Her parents said to be honest with the employer you want to leave and take a job you like. whereas her professor said you don't want to burn any bridges and encouraged her to stay. her career office advisor also suggested that backing out of a job offer is frowned upon. 13. Emily knew her role at Connectiv wouldn't build her career like Nova would and decided to accept the offer at Nova. 14. Emily knew she had to be ethical and professional when dealing with this decision and ended up speaking with Steve, at Connectiv who she worked with most during the hiring process. 15. Emily was surprised at his response that they understood and would have the position open for another week if she wanted to come back. 16. after a year of working at Nova, Emily feels like she made the right decision

Explain the case of the student death. (17)

1. Frances Parrish was editor-in-chief at the Johnsonian 2. she received a call from her managing editor that news was circulating on social media that a student died (Abby Carroll) 3. Parrish told her managing editor to find out more information because social media wasn't always accurate. however, she didn't tell her how to find out more information. 4. the managing editor posted on from the Johnsonian's account hoping to crowdsource information about the student's death. 5. Parish didn't know about this until after it had happened and until she received calls about it. 6. the managing editor's actions made the newspaper guilty of insensitivity. 7. many of Carrol's friends found out about her death because of the newspapers posts. 8. the posts were later deleted. 9. Parrish received an email from Carrol's cousin confirming her death and told her she would rather hear the information from a family member to know exactly what happened. 10. the newspaper heard rumors she committed suicide but wasn't sure so didn't report it. 11. parish didn't know how to handle the situation so she spoke to former advisor Larry Timbs and the newspaper advisor about how to handle the situation. 12. parish asked if they should publicly apologize about the posts but was advised not to because of the damage already done on facebook. 13. Parrish began to think of disciplinary actions for the managing editor 14. Parrish gathered more information from the dean and vice president to put together a story about the death and the availability of counseling services for grief students. 15. Parrish went to her advisor who felt there was no need for a firing offense on the managing editor even though it wasn't his first mistake. 16. Parrish demoted the managing editor to staff writer, developed a more comprehensive social media policy, and changed the password for the Twitter and Facebook accounts to ensure only the multimedia and editor in chief could post on them. 17. Parrish also addressed the issue/case in workshops for the next two years

What are the facts of the case of the please dont use the video? (3)

1. Herrera said he knew others were going to use the video and that made him feel better about the decision 2. all the other reporters from the courthouse said their managers used the same reasoning for showing the video 3. Bayas was convicted of intoxicated manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years and ordered to pay a fine of $10,000.

what are some facts of the case of sexual harassment at an internship? (2)

1. Hulse believed the problem stemmed from the office culture. 2. Jackson said she was hesitant to say anything about the sexual harassment at first because she was worried she provoked the issues and didn't want to ruin the football players' careers.

Explain the case of sexual harassment at an internship. (16)

1. Jackson and Hulse were offered internships with an indoor football team. 2. Jackson was receiving school credit for the internship but not Hulse. 3. they began questioning the instructions and guidance they were receiving from their on-site internship supervisor. 4. Jackson was asked to sensationalize press releases and make the team look better. 5. later on the supervisors comments turned sexual and sexual comments began as well. 6. Hulse was asked to model the new fan jersey for photos to be used in a social media campaign because she was the only intern the kids shirt would fit. 7. Jackson also had sexual comments come at her and was asked to stop wearing jeans because they were distracting for the men. 8. they both brushed these actions off and moved on because they felt their supervisors wouldn't misguide them. 9. Jackson also received a snapchat from one of the platers exposing himself 10. Jackson and Hulse tried to report the actions to their supervisor but they were ignored and told "good luck reporting that to HR; we dont have HR". 11. their supervisor also justified the problems by saying "well, you are beautiful sorry but what do you expect?". 12. Jackson then spoke with her faculty advisor about the situation and actions being occurred. 13. Jackson explained to her advisor what happened and that when she spoke to her supervisor they were ignored. She even show her advisor the penis picture she received. 14. Her advisor said that he would protect Jackson and Hulse. 15. Her advisor and friends and family advised them to discontinue the internship and that her experience needed to be reported to the dean of students' office. 16. Hulse and Jackson were told to have no contact with anyone from the internship

Explain the case of the Compromised Tagline. (17)

1. Jessica Shelby worked at a nonprofit in DC. 2. She was selected to be a part of the team that would lead the rebranding effort. 3. Shelbys new boss (Joanna Gilbert) worked with the team on this new effort. 4. at the first meeting they decided to conduct focus groups within different areas to decide on a new tagline that the advertising agency made for them. 5. at the next meeting the new boss shared her own idea for the new tagline to be used in the focus groups as well. 6. no one was against the new boss's idea of her tagline being included. 7. Although clever, Shelby thought the tagline wasn't a good fit for the new rebrand but didn't say anything. 8. they got the reports from the first focus group and the boss wasn't happy because her idea was shot down. 9. Shelby then overheard her boss talking to the advertising agency to make sure that the next two focus groups came back with her idea. 10. after focus groups were conducted Gilbert never shared the results with anyone else. 11. Shelby became upset about the situation and started dreading going to work. 12. the campaign moved forward with Gilberts idea 13. Shelby was upset about the final decision and began to do minimal work with the campaign. 14. her co-worker could tell something was wrong and asked if she was ok. Shelby explained what had happened to her. but her co-worker responded that nothing surprised her anymore. 15. Shelby began looking for a new job and when she was offered one she left the company and went there. 16. months after leaving she saw a public service announcement about the campaign ad and thought it came out better than she thought. 17. looking back, Shelby regrets not telling anyone except her co-worker about what Gilbert had done.

Explain the case of following one's conscience. (15)

1. John worked for a public relations consulting firm (EPR) that works with community advisory panels (CAPs). 2. these panels operate like focus groups in which citizens of a community agree to meet with city managers on matters that affect citizens daily life. 3. John and his team put together groups of stakeholders in the community and facilitated meetings between the local companies and the stakeholders. 4. John said the most important aspects of his work was to stay neutral as possible. 5. the goal of EPR was to serve the community. 6. John and Jane (Johns's coworker) found being neutral difficult when their boss /owner "Jackie" put a bumper sticker on the company car that they drove to CAP meetings. 7. the bumper sticker promoted a nonprofit organization that advocated the coal industry. 8. John and Jane expressed their discomfort to Jackie who didn't live in any of the communities that they served. 9. John and Jane knew that driving the car with the sticker would give the appearance that they are biased towards the coal industry which the communities they served had issues with and would make them seem they arent remaining neutral. 10. John and Jane asked for a meeting with Jackie to discuss the matter which was allowed, 11. during the meeting, Jane explained that she did not feel she could act neutral while driving the car. 12. John supported Jane 13. After listening to John and Jane; Jackie cut the conversation short and told them that "as long as they are the client and paying the bills we will side with CAG". 14. John and Jane realized Jackie could do what she wanted since she was the owner but feared the company would have consequences. 15. John and Jane were able to keep their jobs and not have to drive the company car. But rather, attend the meetings and their work while driving their own vehicle.

Explain the case of the rape victim. (18)

1. Jonathan McFadden's first job was a crime reporter at the Herald, a newspaper in Rock Hill. 2. He was given a story about Tony Brown, 22 years old, who was accused of killing 39-year-old Michael Taylor in the street after Taylor raped Brown's 16-year-old half-sister. 3. Jonathan knew it was the Heralds policy to not name the rape victim but by naming the murder victim he could potentially identify the rape victim. 4. McFadden talked to sheriff Richard Smith about the crime who told him nothing was developed specifically yet. 5. McFadden went to the neighborhood of the crime scene to determine what people knew of the crime. 6. McFadden interviewed a neighbor who mentioned Taylor was the father and sexually assaulted the girl. 7. McFadden confirmed this information with the sheriff. and official police records. 8. the challenge was that by revealing the familial relationships or even the name of the street the crime occurred, McFadden could identify the sexual assault victim. 9. after many meetings, the editing team decided not to name the rape victim - out of fear it would traumatize the 16-year old girl that was raped. 10. their goal was to get as much information out to the public but to also protect the young women. 11. the rape victims' status as a minor helped guide their decision. 12. the editing team also decided to omit the name of the road where the crime took place since the community was small and individuals from the community could connect the girl to the crime. 13. the editing team also decided to downplay the relationships between the girl, the rapist, and the accused killer. 14. there was concern about misleading the public which they didn't stand for but they stood for transparency which they did. 15. those at the Herald decided that protecting the girl's identity was a corm mission. 16. in this case, minimizing harm outweighed the public right to know every detail. 17. 3 years later it was mentioned that the newspaper may reverse its decision to withhold the relationship among the victim since the victim is an adult and the information is available to the public through records. 18. however, those at the herold said they have a duty to protect the girl from further harm. 19. McFadden advises aspiring journalists to never loose your humanity.

Explain the case of job-hunting ethics for Josh Murray. (16)

1. Josh Murray was a type B personality where he was laid back and patient. 2. He was planning on graduating in December and didn't start searching for jobs until November. 3. 8 months after graduation, Josh finally received some potential job opening news for him. 4. Josh emailed his professor the good news that he got a call from InterAd media and got a job there. 5. Josh explained the job wasn't what he was hoping for but went in exciting to have an offer. 6. Josh was excited to start working but was also looking out for better opportunities. 7. after 2 weeks of working at InterAd, Josh emailed his professor to tell him he got a call from Direct Message Advertising asking if he was still interested in an Assistant Account Executive (AAE) position. 8. Josh explained that he did not disclose that he had already taken the job and was interested in the offer and asked what he should do. 9. his professor suggested that he stay at interAd since things are going well and later on he could market himself even more with his experience. 10. Murray informed his professor through email later on that they called again for references and that he put him down for it. and asked what he should do since it's such a good offer. 11. 4 days later, Josh emailed his professor again to let him know that he got the offer and took it. his reasoning was that direct message advertising offered a competitive salary and it was something he was to pursue. 12. later that day, Josh emailed his professor again to let him know that he told his supervisor and that the operations executive didn't take it well and they ended up cutting him, making that day his last day. 13. Josh now acknowledges that quitting his first job after 2 weeks wasn't the best move. however, enjoys his job with the new company. 14. Josh says the problem was accepting the InterAd media job in the first place. 15. Josh also says that he thinks it would have been easier to focus on applying for jobs at Direct right at the beginning. 16. Murray has had no further contact with InterAd Media.

Explain the case of the visiting foreign student. (26)

1. Katherine Lymn was the reporting intern with the Daily. 2. she was looking for a story through the universities online event calendar and found a group of north African college students was visiting through an exchange program sponsored by the US department of state. 3. the 20 students were spending a month on the campus learning about the US . 4. Lymn pitched the program to her editors and immediately got the green light. 5. she interviewed a number of the students in the program 6. her first draft focused on the group's activities but her editors encouraged her to rethink her angle and focus on one member in particular. 7. Lymn knew exactly who to use and it was Ashref. 8. he was one of the few willing to provide his full name so she contacted him and did an interview. 9. Lymn ensured she told Ashref that all of this would be on the record and she planned to use it for her story. 10. while interviewing Ashref mentioned his father's past involvement in opposition politics and she asked another time if it was ok that this is shared with the story and he said yes. 11. On July 29, 2009; Lymns article ran in the newspaper with his last name, father's name, and sister. 12. in the story, he denounced his countries education system, said he was proud of his father who stood up to the government, and criticized the countries ruling party at the time. 13. the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Holly Miller, got a call from the state department asking to remove Ashrefs name because he could get in trouble. 14. then they got a call from the state department representative urging them to take the story down. 15. the newspaper began to research all this information from the calls to better understand the circumstances. 16. they contacted the newspaper's lawyers who advised them it was within their rights to either keep or remove the content. 17. then they oversaw a staff meeting and engaged more with employees on the topic. 18. they also reached out to journalism ethics experts such as Bob Steele 19. the lawyer advised them to handle the case on a case-by-case basis 20. the reasoning behind changing the already published article was for the personal safety and the future of a student and his family were at stake. 21. the newspaper staff didn't know much about Tunisia (the country) and how they handle situations like this so they did some research and found that they are known for free expression and press. 22. then they became concerned that the article would bring issues to the student leadership program and other students involved in the program. 23. it became aware that Ashref was not aware of the impact internet and media type culture he was in while giving this story. 24. the editors removed all mentions of his last name and added an editor's note below the byline. 25. the newspaper ended up agreeing with the state department and the reasoning for wanting the article to be taken down or altered. 26. the newspaper also changed its staff policies by adding a requirement that all reporters explain to their sources the publication possibilities of a story and how a source's word might be used.

explain the case of the not-so-free pet party. (24)

1. Lauren Henderson worked as a communications manager at a local dog day camp "happy tails dog day camp and spa" 2. her first project was to help develop brochures, stationery and business cards for the company. 3. Then Brand (Henderson's direct supervisor) tasked her with the job of developing a new event to attract new clients. 4. together they came up with "Barking Barbecue" with food for pets and owners, games, grooming, and training tips. 5. Brand said it would be free. 6. Henderson developed the event plan and created schedules and advertisements that Brand approved all of. 7. Henderson even arranged for volunteers from the animal rescue groups to have tables at the events. 8. when Henderson asked Brand to pay the deposits for the extra dog trainer coming and everything else she told her they didn't have enough money. 9. Henderson was working on this for a month with Brand and she never said anything about money complications nor did she see any reason to have money complications. 10. Henderson didn't want to question Brand so she waited a few days to think on it 11. When Henderson asked about the money issue Brand said they never had the money, to begin with and told her to say the event was free because she thought it sounded good that way. 12. Henderson then realized all her promotions and advertisements were deceptive because the event wasn't actually free. 13. Henderson suggested they make all new advertisements to be distributed to clarify what "free" meant. 14. Brand lost patience and said that she was the boss and if there are any problems she would deal with them 15. Henderson discussed the issue with friends and considered various options. 16. Henderson brought the issue to Dillion (general manager) showing all the material that was made with her to the meeting 17. Dillion didn't know all of this and wasn't involved in the finances with the company. 18. Dillion didn't see any reason to having financial problems with this barbeque 19. Henderson explained that this issue may make people feel that by coming to the event there will be hidden charges from them later on their bills. 20. Dillion told Henderson she would talk to the owner and Brand to hear all sides of the story. 21. A few weeks after her meeting with Dillion, the owner committed funds to cover the events to be free. 22. Brand was asked to leave the company and was not replaced. 23. the event went well and Henderson stayed in the job for another year. 24. Henderson now works in sports event management

explain the case of the undercover reporter. (17....)

1. Lauren Sagona, a sophomore in college tried to transfer credit but the university wouldn't accept them. 2. other students shared their issues with similar problems as well. 3. when transfer students compared their records, they found that central had given some of them credit for certain courses but had denied credit to other students for the very same course. 4. Sagona did some research on this issue but found that there is no federal law on how transfer student situations should be handled. 5. Sagona next interviewed academic counselors and spoke with more transfer students to double check their info. 6. she found that the evaluation of transfer credit doesn't become official until fully enrolled into university. 7. counselors referred her to the registrar department looking for information on a "course equivalency table". 8. when she called the department the secretary said that that would not be provided to her. 9. she began to think that there was no such thing as a "course equivalency table" and the secretary just lied. 10. She referred to what she had learned about "hero" undercover journalists and came up with the idea to call back and disguised her voice to see if she was lying or not. 11. Sagona told her that she was a transfer student considering coming to the university and wanted to see which of her courses would transfer over. 12. the secretary told her to tell her the courses she was looking at and she will refer to her "cheat sheet" and let her know 13. Sagona gave her the names and the secretary told her that only 2 of the 5 courses would "likely" transfer. 14. she then asked the secretary if this information would be provided to other students if called and she told her that it depended on several factors. 15. when writing her story she focused on the impact 16. her professor thought her reasoning for going undercover was understood. 17. 5 days later her story was published and ended up generating class discussion of her decision to lie.

Explain the case of the councilor's blog. (22)

1. Meranda Watling worked for the Journal and Courier covering K-12 grade education. 2. the education beat involved covering lots of meetings at which proposals came up that would later be big stories. 3. A superintendents proposed merging the West Lafayette community schools with the city since the schools finances were getting worse. 4. A few days after the meeting, Watling got a google alert to a blog belonging to Peter Bunder, a city council member who proposed 5 questions about the city-schools merger proposal - making it clear he was opposed to the idea. 5. Watling knew who Bunder was but never interviewed him however, his blog raised questions that she was curious about. 6. Bunders blog offered important perspectives and Watling wanted to quote from it but she wanted to ensure Bunder was the author of it. 7. at this time, 2008, the paper didnt maintain news blogs and reporters werent accustomed to using blogs as reporting tools 8. Watling went to her editor, Dave Bangert, who was hesitant to quote Bunders blog in the paper and her colleague the city hall reporter completely objected. 9. Bangert and her colleague were concerned whether it was Bunder writing and if it was fair to quote from the blog since many bloggers dont realize their writing is available to anyone. 10. However, Watling considered his blog public. 11. Quoting from blogs was new at the time and Watling realized that some journalists were less comfortable than she was with the idea and technology. However, being a blog she was more accustomed to it. 12. Watling did some more digging and found Bunders first blog post titled "Think of this as a Press Release" explaining his reasoning for the blog and hopefully uses from it. 13. Watling showed this to her editor and was satisfied that the paper could use the bog. however, his main requirement was to confirm that Bunder wrote it. 14. Watling called the school superintendent who confirmed it was Bunder. 15. Watling wrote the story and included his statement but did not direct quote 16. The story ran on the front page of the paper the next Sunday. 17. Although the story was done, Watling was questioning ethically if she made the right decision. 18. Watling went to her personal blog and posted questions asking if it is ethical to quote from blogs. 19. 5 people responded to her questions that it is fair as long as the elected officially is positively confirmed as the author. 20. Watling believes her story helped and sparked debate about the idea. 21. the newspaper now is more tech-savy using the web and social media for reporting. 22. Watling says the only thing she would differently is quote him more extensively.

Explain the case of the political campaign tactics. (7...)

1. Nicole Miller interned for her first internship to support a political candidate in a presidential primary. 2. while working at the internship, she was asked to assist with "strategically" placing protesters at competitor events and follow and interact with teh competition via "dummy" social media accounts. 3. the misleading media advisories she created were brief announcements about upcoming events, appearances or speaking engagements. 4. Miller said it was easier to disregard the social media tasks but struggled with situations where she had to interact with people. 5. She went to her supervisor and told him she didn't feel comfortable with some of the tasks she was being asked to do. 6. her supervisor admired her for taking the stand on what she felt. 7. so she stayed away from any tasks that made her feel like she was deceiving the public/voters.

What are some facts about the case of the student death? (4)

1. Parrish knew carol and had seen her on campus a few weeks ago 2. Parrish had never covered a death before 3. because of how the Johnsonian responded to the death through social media posts some people were hesitant to talk to reporters. 4. it was a year later until the released the cause of the death

explain the case of the phony teenager. (14...)

1. Quinn worked at a PR agency as an assistant account executive. 2. they just won the account of the new hip-hop artists. 3. the record label wanted the PR firm to develop a plan that would launch the artist into superstardom. 4. the PR firm developed a multifaceted campaign for the artist. 5. however, the rise of the internet and social media meant the campaign needed a strong virtual PR effort as well. 6. so they add in more tactics related to that. 7. excited about what they came up with, Quinn heard the next steps and was shocked 8. the record label then asked them to work on buzz marketing efforts before implemting the new campaign. 9. they specifically asked them to target virtual chat rooms and post messages on social media sites with positive comments about the artist. 10. So Quinns boss asked her and other employees to pretend to be 12-years old and promote the artist in chat rooms. 11. feeling uncomfortable with this request, Quinn spoke to her boss about how she felt and that she would like to work on the traditional campaign instead. 12. Quinn also told her boss that she would feel obligated to report this ethical violation to the associations board of ethics and professional standards. 13. Quinn was not fired but rather was asked by her boss how she would create buzz instead of the current idea. 14. quinn pitched her idea of legitimate means of web communications and her boss ended up using that one instead.

Explain the case of the white noise. (16)

1. Rodenberg was hired to do a science blog for Scientific American magazines website. 2. She decided to write about the people affected by addiction 3. her blog was titled "The White Noise" references that addiction and mental illness is the white noise behind many lives. 4. her editors were encouraging about her approach but many scientific American readers weren't (at first). 5. her goal was not to harm the people she was covering by writing their life stories. 6. before embarking on any interview she informed her interviewees of the nature of her work and asked their permission to quote them. she even showed drafts her blogs before they went public. 7. many of her subjects were vulnerable because they were involved in legal disputes. 8. she never used their real names but rather their "street names" 9. her goal as a reporter was to describe a group of people whom's society ignored and her subjects were eager to share the stories in hopes to help others. 10. she became friends with her sources and even on some occasions invited them to stay overnight at her home. 11. once her sources gained trust with her they began to vouch for her. 12. although minors were willing to talk to her she was unwilling to interview girls who were underage because she could put them in danger. -- there were rare times when she wrote about these women but when she did she used fake names and photos. 13. she regularly witnessed criminal activity but never reported it because she knew the police already knew about it probably and she would ruin her relationships with her subjects. 14. Rosenberg used the approach of immersion journalism through her actions with her subject - where journalists identify themselves as journalists to those they are covering. 15. code of ethics would support her choices both in subject matter and how she dealt with her subjects to cover. 16. she ended the project after 4 years as she explored all the issues she hoped to.

Explain the case of the cranky professor.

1. Santana University students contacted the student newspaper to complain that their geology professor, Robert Peterson, hadn't filed his grades from the previous semester. 2. Reporter Jennifer Collins was not convinced and did some digging. 3. Collins interviewed the students complaints to ensure they were legitimate and asked to see the notes from their professor as well as their grades confirming he still hadn't posted their grades. - only one of the students agreed to be quoted since the others had to take future classes with him and dint want to be on his bad side. 4. Collins felt like Peterson had a good reason for being late on posting grades and wanted to speak with him as to what it was. 5. Collins emailed and called him but didn't get any response for a few days so decided to go to his office. 6. Collins introduced herself as a reporter and explained her work on her story involving students reporting that his grades were later and asked if he would discuss it for her story. 7. Peterson was eager to talk about it and invited her in. 8. Collins took out her audio recorder and asked if it was alright with him to record it and he replied yes. 9. Peterson explained that it is a protest for the mistreatment, poor facilities, and lack of support from the university and chairman of his department. 10. Peterson also asked Colins a few times what the name of the students who complained were but she continued to refuse to answer. 11. Collins knew she had a story after their discussion but wanted to hear from the department chairman since he was apparently the reason for this protest. 12. Collins met with Marco Valenzuela, the department chairman, who said that Peterson was not given office space due to construction and it created some problems. But that they tried to help him with his grades but Peterson continues to deny help and just says he needs more time. 13. Just when Collins was beginning to write her story Peterson called and told her he didnt want anything he said to be used in her article and that he retracts all his comments to her. 14. Collins argued that she asked permission to record their interview and that he agreed to the interview. 15. But, Peterson responded that he would sue Collins, the newspaper, and the university if his comments are in the newspaper and hung up. 16. Collins went to her editor, Wylie, who suggested they talk to Lewis, a professor in the journalism department. 17. Lewis asked her if she was sure Peterson understood he was on the record and agreed to the interview and that if so she was good. But if she was concerned about using Peterson as a source in the future she could show Peterson the comments she will use just to be sure he was quoted correctly. 18. After discussing it with her editor, Collins, decided there were 5 possible courses of action. 19. After much consideration and discussion, Collins called Peterson and read him the statements, but he refused to listen and reiterated his threat to sue if any of his complaints appeared in the story. 20. Collins spoke with Wylie one more time and decided to run the story with an editors note explaining what happened during the reporting process. 21. While writing the story, Valenzuela called to tell her Peterson just filed his grades. 22. Collins jotted the times for everything down from when the grades were inputted, when the interview took place and when her story was published and put them in her story. 23. After the story went public, Peterson didn't sue anyone and continues to work at the university. 24. Due to the story, the university changed its faculty guide to include specific punishments for professors who don't submit grades by the posted deadline. 25. The universities' journalism department also stresses even more now the importance of making sure sources are aware of being on/off the record. 26. Collins now works for a major metropolitan newspaper and makes extra sure she and her sources know when they are on the record.

What are some facts about the case of the compromised tagline? (7...)

1. Shelby had seen many staff members quit to go to other organizations 2. Shelby was working for her 3rd boss at this point 3. during the rebranding process the company was also going through a downsize. 4. campaign costed more than budgeted 5. 3 years after leaving, Shelby believes she should have confronted Gilbert about her control of the focus groups. 6. She realized the issue was that a supervisor was violating the key ethics of her profession. 7. Shelby also realized that if she would have talked with Gilbert about this she could have explained that she not only was being unethical but she was putting the consultant in a bad position by asking him to do those things.

what type of principles are used/seen in the case of the disagreeing sources? (2....)

1. Sissela Boks Test of Publicity - Wrong to include criticism and gossip - Asked: How will it affect others 2. John Rawls - Veil of ignorance - Put aside her own experiences with swim lessons and swim programs and focused on delivering an observation approach to the story - Instead of comparing it to own experiences with swim programs

explain the case of web analytics influence. (21)

1. Stacy Rodriguez was a web producer at The Florida Journal, a newspaper. 2. the web producer had some control over what appeared on the home page and how stories were arranged, but one of the editors always watched the site and had final say. 3. at the time there were no guidelines for making decisions about the prominence of specific stories - it was handled on a case-to-case basis. 4. at the time the Journal's home page was designed with space for a large featured story at the top of the page, with 2 or 3 smaller stories to the right. 5. the home page is the only chance to present the majority of the readers with a significant story. 6. one morning Rodriguez was managing the site and had stories of political parties, threatening weather and local celebrity spotting. 7. during Rodriguez's review of other sites, she saw a headline that said "CIA admits waterboarding inmates". 8. she read through the story and thought it looked important since it was the first time the CIA acknowledges that it did use waterboarding. 9. she turned to the supervising editors and told him about it suggesting they add this to the home page. 10. her supervising editor responded with "havent we already admitted tht?" 11. Rodriguez turned to the Journals US activities reporter, Ross, to ensure her instincts on the story were correct and that the story was significant. 12. ross confirmed it had not been previously acknowledged and that it is a very big deal. 13. Rodriguez went back to her editor to share what she learned and suggested they replace the celebrity story with the waterboarding story since the other stories were more important local news. 14. the editor disagreed explaining that there is good traffic numbers in the celebrity stories for their site. 15. Rodriguez worried that producing online news may become a response to audience whims rather than an exercise of the hard-earned editorial judgments. 16. after the waterboarding story broke, Rodriguez returned the editor a couple of times asking to replace the celebrity story with the waterboarding one. 17. in the end, nothing happened and the story fell flat. 18. the only mention of the waterboarding story came in an area reserved for an automatic feed. 19. Rodriguez says she contemplated discussing the problem with other editors or higher managers but decided not to, hoping it was just an isolated incident. 20. Rodriguez said that she understand how traffic conversion works and that they need to have high traffic numbers but she still thinks the decision to keep the celebrity story over the waterboarding one was a missed opportunity. 21. eventually, Rodriguez, left her job to manage a website for a company outside of journalism.

Explain the case of the school lunches. (17)

1. Susan Bennett anchors morning news at a tv station. after her anchoring duties are over she becomes the "on your side reporter" investigating consumers' complaints and generating responses. 2. one day she received a letter from a man whose daughter attended a private elementary school and that he was concerned about their lunch menus there. 3. the dad thought the meals were unhealthy (chili dogs, nachos, etc.) and he blamed them for some health problems his daughter was having. 4. Bennett spent days working on this story. 5. She interviewed the father and a health expert. 6. the health expert said those school lunches are some of the only meals kids get and its important to offer nutritional foods. 7. she tried to get comments from the school but was successful and only got a written statement. 8. before the story was to air, the station's sales manager told the news director the story wouldn't run. 9. they told Bennett that the story was being put on hold because a local advertiser with ties to the school threatened to pull his advertising from the station unless the story was dropped. 10. this local advertiser was a car dealer which was the leading advertiser on local tv 11. this local advertiser was a board member of the school and he didn't want the story to run because he didn't want any bad press against the school with which he was affiliated with. 12. Bennett asked when the story would run and the news director was vague and just said "she was fighting for the story to air but wanted to wait until things cooled down." 13. after things settled down, the story still never ran 14. Bennett never found out what kind of decision-making process took place regarding the story. 15. Bennett continues to work at the station but her approach to stories has changed. 16. Bennett now engaged in self-censorship before pitching an "on your side" report. 17. the car dealer is still the stations largest advertiser so she steers clear from any stories on car dealers

explain the allegory of the cave. (5...)_

1. There was a group of prisoners who spent their lives chained together facing the wall in the cave. 2. There was a fire behind them in the cave that lit up and had puppeteers behind them doing shadows behind them. 3. So the men couldn't look backward so they didn't know it wasn't reality that was happening on the wall because that's all they knew. 4. One of the prisoners escaped and realized it wasn't reality. 5. So he went back to tell his fellow prisoners the truth but no one believed him.

explain the case of the waco shooting. (11)

1. Twin Peaks restaurant in a shopping center was preparing for a motorcycle gathering for a regular meeting that is hosted there. 2. there was the potential for a turf war between 2 rival motorcycle gangs; the Bandidos and Cossacks, 3. there was no trouble until a Bandidos motorcycle rolled over the foot of a Cossack, 4. both sides started throwing punches, guns, knives, etc. 5. when it was all over 9 people were dead 6. one reporter at the smaller Waco stations, Janet Wheeler, was scrambling for information on the story such as the names of the dead bikers. 7. the police announced they were releasing names yet because they couldn't get in touch with the kin yet. 8. he said as soon as all the relatives were notified they would release the names 9. 2 days later, another station reported the names because the local justice of the peace released the autopsy reports. 10. her bosses wanted to get that information and report it as well at their night showtimes. 11. Janet was given the job to report these names at the 5 and 6 pm newscasts which she didn't want to do. she felt they should wait until the police announce it.

what principles were used/seen in the case of the school lunches? (2)

1. Utilitarianism (quality and quantity) 2. ethics of care

Explain the case of the please dont use the video. (22)

1. Valerie Talamantes sat waiting at a red light when an SUV crashed into her initially murdering her. 2. the driver of the crash was Staff Sargent Edison Bayas who was a soldier. 3. police charged Sargent with intoxication manslaughter with a blood alcohol count of 0.27. 4. a year later at the trial, his lawyer argued that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder causing the crash. 5. prosecutors however, presented he had a history of alcohol abuse. 6. reporter Ramon Herrera covered the trial and was present in the courthouse through the whole thing. 7. the judges clerk tipped off the media that there would be a showing of the red light camera video in court. 8. No one provided the media with video and there were no news cameras allowed in the courtroom. 9. the only video coverage of the trial was in a "pool" system meaning one camera took video that was available to all TV stations. 10. when the video was played the pool camera was able to capture the footage. 11. after the court dismissed for lunch, the victim's father asked the reporters to not use the video 12. the reporters said they couldnt make any promises because it wasn't their call and the father told them he understood but to put themselves in his shoes. 13. Herrera went back to the station and told his news directors and executive producer about the father's request. 14. the directors said since their was no gore that they would use the video and that the family just shouldnt watch the news then 15. Herrera didnt disagree with the director. 16. Herrera introduced the video and issued a warning before presenting it. he also narrated the video since there was no sound. 17. the station also used the video anytime there were new developments on the story to remind the audience of the issues. 18. Herrera said that they knew their competitors were going to use it and they didnt want to fall behind. 19. because they didn't promise the father anything, they considered themselves free of any ethical conflict. 20. no calls or emails came from viewers about the video nor did the family of the victim complain. 21. the next day in court the father even said hello to them. 22. Herrera said the only thing he would do differently is get the video back sooner to be the first one to post it.

What was the result/ending of the case of the "see below the fold"? (6....)

1. Vella felt blindsided by the boy's actions and decisions 2. the dean never discussed the decision with Vella 3. Vella was front and center in all news stories about the decision. 4. Vella said he didn't want the newspaper to be in trouble at all. 5. A year later, Smith became editor-in-chief and rebranded the newspaper which showed the university there wouldn't be another incident like the one last year. 6. at the end of the year Smith received a personal email from the universities president congratulating him (which was big because he has never done that before).

explain the case of the one-person "tv crew". (7..)

1. a tornado came through Tuscaloosa destroying the homes of the civilians. 2. Daniel Sparkman was a journalism student and a full-time anchor/reporter at the news station there. 3. Daniel Sparkman was given the task to write, interview, shoot and edit a story on a dinner with the famous boxer, Deontay, that was being conducted to raise money for those affected by the storm. 4. when Sparkman arrived at Red Lobster, the raffle winner was already presented with the check for her winnings and Deontay wasn't there yet. 5. while thinking of what he should do with the story the boxer showed up. 6. Daniel asked Deontay to present the check to the women who won it. 7. he got his shots and video and was able to make his story.

Explain the case of the murdered student. (18)

1. a young woman was murdered down the street from a university campus. 2. the day after the murder the police officers identified her as Eve Carson (the universities student body president). 3. Adam Rhew was a senior broadcast journalism major who worked as a reporter for a community radio station. 4. Rhew knew Carson from his work with the student government and considered Carson a friend. 5. Rhew knew that Carson's story was a big one to cover for the news but was worried about covering it considering their friendship. 6. Rhew quickly decided "yes" to covering the murder from the perspective of a reporter covering the death of a public figure. 7. WCHL (the radio station where Rhew worked at) was the first media outlet to identify the victim as Carson. 8. Rhew reported several details about the case based on the sources. 9. Rhew also faced the challenge of his first hands-on experience with the 24-hour news cycle. 10. Rhew also attended a campus candlelight vigil in memory of Carson. 11. During the vigil, Rhew tried to balance people's need to grieve with his need to capture the scene news by speaking softly into the mike, crouched low to the ground, and stood several feet away from the crowd. 12. while Rhew was reporting the vigil, a women began to yell at him and try to get the cops to kick him off-campus. 13. However, Rhew stood his ground and knew his right he was able to stay and finish his report on the vigil. 14. Rhew believed that providing access to the vigil to the community outweighed the occasional negative reaction to his presence at the event. -- by knowing his rights he was able to provide that service. 15. as the case became national news, Rhew was faced with a decision if he should do interviews with other reporters? and if so, should it be as a friend or journalist? 16. he soon learned that it's not easy to be both a source and a journalist. 17. although he is proud of how he handled the situation there are a few things he would do differently such as: - he wouldn't work on the 24/7 pressure of the news business because it was hard to separate work from emotion. - he recognized the importance of using his journalistic training to guide him in decision making. - he also recognized that working in journalism is a lifetime learning process **- he regrets doing the interviews with the national media as a reporter who also was a friend of Eve's. 18. Rhew takes these experiences and thoughts on the whole situation and applies them to his broadcast journalism career going forward.

what are some other facts about the code of ethics for media? (2...)

1. all media eventually developed codes 2. many individual media organizations have ethic codes

what are the 3 steps to "the test of publicity"?

1. consult your own sense of right or wrong 2. seek advice on alternatives 3. think of how this action will affect others and possibly discuss it with them.

what are some other facts about the doctrine of the mean? (2...)

1. extremes should be avoided. 2. perfect point between extremes may differ from case to case.

what was the outcome of the end of the case of the phony teenager? (5...)

1. it took longer to build the buzz but they did reach the desired level by the end of the campaign. 2. while the record label was pleased with the outcome, they were upset with how the agency hadn't followed their wishes. 3. when the agency went up to bid for the account again they lost their contract. 4. Quinn felt responsible for the loss of business and apologized to the team. 5. one of her co-workers agreed with how she felt, another, one thought they should have done the misleading idea, and others ignored her.

Plato taught that the virtues of ___________, ___________, and __________ create justice (a moral good life).

1. moderation 2. courage 3. wisdom

how did the university handle the story being published in the case of the undercover reporter? (4..)

1. no policies were changed. 2. Sagona didn't get in trouble at all 3. students made many complaints and the PR team sent out a PR about simplifying the process, attracting news outlets. 4. they posted their course equivalency table on their website.

what was the ethical dilemma for Nicole Miller in "the political campaign tactics"? (3...)

1. should she support her party and her employer or follow her sense of ethics? 2. Not reflecting honesty while trying to advance her candidate 3. Was not supporting fairness because they were not supporting free expression and the rights of the opposition by their actions

Explain the SAD decision making model. (3)

1. situation - Identify the decision maker - Identify principles and values - Phrase moral dilemma as a question to help focus 2. Analysis - Weigh the competing principles and values against each other - Consider the stakeholders and imagine explaining decision to them. 3. Decision - Decide the best course of action by framing it as a statement - Work through the advantages and disadvantages.

Immanuel Kant believes the CI (categorical imperatives) should be based on what? (2)

1. universality of our actions 2. formula of humanity

Explain the veil of ignorance. (3...)

1. when you're making a decision, you don't consider your status 2. By doing this you even the playing field and are able to step into the shoes of others involved. 3. When the veil lifts, you make the decision based on what's best and not what's best for you.

what principles were used/seen in the case of sexual harassment at an internship? (2)

1. •Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean 2. •Kant's Categorical Imperative or Universal Law

Plato used WHAT to explain the role of philosophers in society?

Allegory of the cave

was a student of plato.

Aristotle

who created a decision-making tool called "the doctrine of the mean"?

Aristotle

what is the ethical dilemma of the case of the cranky professor?

Can you allow a source to retract his comments?

society should create maxims (rules) that all reasonable people will follow, regardless of personal desires. ex: plagiarism

Categorical imperatives (CI)

This ethics and philosophical scholar urged journalists to look beyond professional codes and consider general morality when considering ethics and privacy issues, such as whether to unpublish potentially damaging information.

Clifford Christians

what was the ethical delimma in the case of web analytics influence?

Do you value clicks over compelling news?

what ethics principle is seen in the case of the white noise?

Ethics of care- show concern - Committed to doing no harm in her work with a vulnerable population, did what she believed to be right ethically, transparent with readers

why did Daniel decide to ask the boxer to represent the check?

He felt he wasn't recreating the news because it was something they were already planning on doing. -- this is different than asking someone to do something they weren't planning on doing.

who developed the first codes for media professionals?

Henry Watterson

Who believed society should create maxims (rules) that all reasonable people will follow, regardless of personal desires? `

Immanuel Kant

who believed that following society's laws is necessary to maintain order and that everyone following laws would result in an equal society?

Immanuel Kant

who believed that when making an ethical decision one should not consider your place in society or how you will be personally affected and should put themselves behind a "veil of ignorance"?

John Rawls

who was a Harvard university professor that provides a theory of justice that means fairness?

John Rawls

refined the doctrine of basic utilitarianism with his argument in the 19th century that "quality" was also essential to ethical decision making.

John Stewart Mills

who was educated at a young age by the "father of utilitarianism"?

John Stuart Mill

who was taught that the best course of action is the one that creates the greatest good for the greatest number of people?

John Stuart Mill

This man was a student of Socrates and started the academy (considered the first university).

Plato

This philosopher wrote a book and shared a short passage, called "allegory of the cave," in which he illustrates how the masses sometimes do not reason well.

Plato

who believed in prima facie (actual) duties (obligations most people accept as important?

Sir William David Ross

who believes in the importance of justifying our actions to others?

Sissela Bok

who believed that people are responsible for their own moral actions and that unethical behavior came from ignorance/lack of knowledge?

Socrates

who was jailed, refused to escape for ethical reasons, and put to death?

Socrates

What is the difference between Parnell and Murray's stories?

While Parnell maintained a good relationship with the first company by being honest before she started, Murray's approach of working for a short period of time while still communicating with another company created a strain on the relationship with them.

what principle is used the case of the rape victim?

William David ross - prima facie duties (fidelity, reparation, gratitude, nonmaleficence, justice, beneficence, and self-improvement)

Senior Broadcast journalism major Adam Rhew, faced what ethical dilemma?

all of the above: - whether he could report on the case as a professional since she was his friend. - whether to use unnamed sources to report details of the case. -whether to cover a candlelight vigil in her memory as a reporter.

why was Becky Wisniewski conflicted about what information to include or exclude in a story she was writing for her school newspaper about a local swimming program?

both of the above - because she was a swimmer and did not think the program was good. - because some of the teachers said negative things about the program.

virtue and good decision-making lie between the extreme.

doctrine of the mean

based on feminist theory that considers both self and others and suggest that women are raised differently than men and thus uphold an ethics of care in which taking care of others is essential.

ethics of care

believes people facing an ethics dilemma should see human care as their main responsibility.

ethics of care -- Sissela Bok

Socrates encouraged people to do what?

examine their own lives and ask questions.

T/F if removing a person from a news photo unclutters the image and makes it look better, no ethical violation has occurred.

false

T/F longtime editor Henry Watterson developed the media's first ethics codes at the end of the 19th century to maintain the industry's high standards at the time.

false

T/F a survey of 110 newspapers in the United States and Canada asked whether editors believed their organizations should ever unpublish online articles, and more than 78 percent of them no.

false

we shouldn't use one another and we should acknowledge each other's humanity is enough. - (how we treat other people).

formula of humanity

why did Henry Watterson develop the code of ethics for media?

he wanted to professionalize a field that had no rules.

John Stuart Mill was concerned that focusing on mere quantity (the number of people who will benefit) what could happen?

it could erode the culture.

there's no good way to avoid problems when leaving a job you just started however what is the best approach to go about it?

keep the employer informed in a timely manner

what was the ethical dilemma for the case of the visiting foreign student?

keeping the truth public or protecting the students safety

Socrates equated _______ with __________.

knowledge with virtue.

refers to statistical distributions in which the bulk of observations make up the steep part of the chart with increasingly smaller numbers spread out.

long tail

how does the allegory of the cave relate to the real world media professionals?

media professionals are the prisoner who escaped and try to tell the world of the truth of reality.

When Alexa Kelly, searched her name on Google, the first story that appeared was one featuring an interview she had done in college in which she mentioned being "quite drunk". Embarressed, she emailed the college paper and asked for the story to be hidden from search engines. How did the newspaper respond?

none of the above.

Aristotle believed that character building continues on as you grow but starts with what?

parents

John Stuart Mill refined the principle of utility to include WHAT to ethical decision making?

quality

Plato believed that ethical decision-making came from using what?

reason

what factor made the case of the student death a particularly delicate situation?

rumors of suicide

What did Becky Wisniewski in "the case of the disagreeing sources" decide to do?

she put herself in the teachers shoes and realized the story wasnt worth burning a bridge over.

Why did Nicole miller ignore the red flags/signs when they were first happening?

she saw the opposing side doing it too

what was David Calverts dilemma?

should he contact someone at the wire service

what was the ethical dilemma in the case of the white noise?

should she cross ethical lines with her sources to get the story by blurring the lines between reporter and source?

What does contemporary philosopher Sissela Bok call her ethical decision-making model, which relies on the ability to justify our actions to others?

test of publicity

what was the ethical dilemma of the case of the not-so-free pet party?

to tell her supervisor about All the ads saying it was free but the services were going to be charged or let Brand deal with it.

T/F in the allegory of the cave, the man who escapes the cave can be seen as the media professional who escapes the cave and returns to educate the other prisoners.

true

Best defense against libel is?

truth

all reasonable people believes they should do/follow as well.

universality of our actions

Sissela Bok developed "the test of publicity", which addresses the question of what?

when is it ok to lie?

Television reporter Janet Wheeler, faced an ethical dilemma when nine people died in a shootout, involving motorcycle gangs in Waco, Texas, and the police chief said he was withholding the names until the victim's next of kin could be informed.

whether to get the names of the victims from another source and report them.


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