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Mm ch 15 ethics
This document outlines key concepts in media ethics, including: - A brief history of media ethics from the penny press era to modern digital media and issues like WikiLeaks - Basic ethical orientations like absolutism, utilitarianism, and situation ethics - Conflicting loyalties journalists may face between duty to profession, employer, society - Conflicts of interest such as relationships, finances, and corporate censorship - Methods of accountability like ombudsmen, news councils, and professional organizations
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Mm ch 15 ethics
- 1. Mass Media Jason Nix JournalismInstructor and Program Director JOURN 110 Spokane Falls Community College
- 2. Chapter 15 Media Ethics:Understanding Media Morality Chapter Outline • History • Ethical Principles • Controversies
- 3. A Brief Historyof Media Ethics Ethics • Generally speaking, “ethics” is the study of guidelines that help people determine right from wrong in their moral conduct.
- 4. EarlyHistory of MediaEthics Penny Press • Horace Greely and the New York Tribune. • Yellow Journalism • Sensationalism • William Randolph Hearst • Joseph Pulitzer • Muckraking
- 5. The Electronic Era •Blacklisting • The practice of keeping a particular type of person from working in media and other industries. • Deception • Janet Cooke • Jayson Blair
- 6. The Digital Era •The ethics of unlimited information • Who is considered a journalist? • Free speech online • Hate speech • Porn • WikiLeaks • Content Factories • Patent trolling
- 7. Basic Ethical Orientations •Absolutist Ethics • There is a clear right and wrong for every ethical decision • This is moral realism as opposed to moral relativism • Prescriptive codes • Outlining what you should do ahead of time • Proscriptive Codes • What you should NOT do
- 8. Basic Ethical Orientations •Kantian Ethics • Kant’s Categorical Imperative • Kant sought principles that would hold true in all situations • Something is just if and only if it is just in all situations
- 9. Basic Ethical Orientations •Rawls’s Veil of Ignorance • Make a decision as if you knew nothing at all about that person’s connections, status, wealth, race, etc.
- 10. Basic Ethical Orientations •Aristotle • Golden Mean • Moderation should be a guiding principle
- 11. Basic Ethical Orientations •J.S. Mill • Utilitarianism • Actions are ethical if and only if they result in the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people
- 12. Basic Ethical Orientations •Machiavellian Ethics • The end justifies the means
- 13. Basic Ethical Orientations •Situation Ethics • Ethical decisions should rely primarily on context, not a rigid adherence to a set of rules • Also known as: Relativistic Ethics
- 14. Conflicting Loyalties • Dutyto personal conscience • Duty to organization, firm, employer • Duty to one’s profession • Duty to society • Duty to God
- 15. Conflicts of Interest •Friends and family • Financial links • Professional aspirations • Publication rights • Checkbook journalism
- 16. Accountability • Corporate Ownership •Corporate Censorship • Ombudsman • News Councils • Professional Publications • Citizen’s Groups
- 17. Chapter 15 Media Ethics:Understanding Media Morality Chapter Outline • History • Ethical Principles • Controversies
- 18. Mass Media Jason Nix JournalismInstructor and Program Director JOURN 110 Spokane Falls Community College