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Topic 8 : Ethics in media (traditional and new) - Coggle Diagram
Topic 8 : Ethics in media (traditional and new)
Ethics in traditional media
accept responsibilities towards society including setting professional standards for supply of information.
avoid publishing information that could lead to violence or social disruption
the ideal journalist
accurate and truthful
sincere intentions
reports what is newsworthy
objectivity
where new media is
25% of journalist are listening to podcats
80% of journalist surveyed believed that bloggers/ influencers have become important opinion-shapers in recent years
91% journalist surveyed agreed that new media and communication tools and technologies are enhancing journalism.
New Media
on-demand access to content anytime,anywhere, on any digital device.
interactive user feedback, creative participation and community formation around the media content.
provide time, space independence. It is digital, mobile.
Digital media ethics
the distinct ethical problems, practices and norms of digital new media
includes online journalism, blogging, digital photojournalism,citizen journalism and social media.
Unethical practices in media- traditional and new
conflicts of interest
accessibility and privacy issues
fabrication
harming reputation
accuracy and plagiarism
transparency and anonymous sources
deception
1.Deception
used in investigating journalism
consider as last resort
Accuracy and plagiarism
cardinal sin journalism
more of problems than ever with copy/paste from the internet.
localize national story or take idea from another newspaper.
Fabrication
Jayson Blair, the NY Times, plagiarized and fabricated facts in at least 36 articles, led to his firing and resignation of an editor and manager at the newspaper.
Patricia Smith, finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize, resigned from Boston Globe in 1998 after she admitted fabricating people and quotes for columns.
Conflict of interest
occur whenever reporters face competing loyalties.
cover student council and your best friend is president of student council, you may feel inclined to be less sceptical of the council's decision because your friendship.
your loyalty to your friend and to your readers is in conflict
Accessibility and privacy issues
accesibility
who is allowed to access this information, and under which conditions
privacy
what information is held about the individual
cookies
indentification tags that Web sites drop on our personal computer hard drives, so they can recognize repeat visitors the next time we visit their Web sites
spam
unsolicited commercial e-mail. It is sent through "open-relays" to millions persons.
indentify thef
tampering with one's financial accounts
6.Harming reputation
through new reporting at times brings discomfort to those in power and to those who are the subject of stories.
just because someone's life or reputation will be affected doesn't mean you should look other way when an injustice is occuring.
absolutely sure about your facts before submitting them to your editor.
7.transparency and anonymous sources
transparency
who is collecting what information?
always be honest with readers as possible.
anonymous source wrap key information about your story in a cloud of uncertainly
used only in extreme circumtances
make sure to check with your editor before granting anonymity