Professor Deidre Pike’s wonderful course has come to a close after the good word of ethics is spread. The films are back in the can and Hank Green’s resting comfortably in the halls of YouTube education video. Back at the beginning of the course, I had the slightest bare bones knowledge of media ethics, only … Continue reading Let’s End on a High Note: A Vow of Media Ethics from a Future Entertainment Journalist
Code of Ethics
Consider This an Invitation to the Media Liberation Nation
"An ethics thereby becomes the last resort of humanity, which is in danger of becoming extinct as the result of its own actions." - Enrique Dussel, Ethics of Liberation in The Age of Globalization and Exclusion Let's start with the gloom to begin and (hopefully) move into optimism. Ethics throughout this entire course has been … Continue reading Consider This an Invitation to the Media Liberation Nation
How a Code of Ethics Can Be Helpful When Reporting on Hate Speech and Suicide
Content Warning: The following content features explicit language when discussing hate speech that is offensive in quotes by those saying it. These words do not reflect my own views and are merely used as example. As aspiring journalists, we should pay close attention to the arising social concerns within news and how best to cover … Continue reading How a Code of Ethics Can Be Helpful When Reporting on Hate Speech and Suicide
Fault Lines in Media
The idea and concept of Faults Lines put forward by Dori Maynard of the Maynard Institute of Journalism Education is something I never heard about until this course. This concept takes a look at media bias within articles themselves. The main 5 focuses are race, gender, class, generation and geography. Maynard stated that journalist must … Continue reading Fault Lines in Media
Personal Understandings and Reflections (and Regrets) with the Code of Ethics
In journalism and broadcasting, there is a certain code of ethics all must abide by. This code of ethics changes from place to place, but in the end, is built upon our moral understandings and rooted in our own idea of what is ethical. It was interesting embarking on the first steps of building our … Continue reading Personal Understandings and Reflections (and Regrets) with the Code of Ethics
Cinema Revue 