JMC 332 Media Ethics

Diversity. A university’s favorite word and a word that raises ethical questions in a newsroom. What efforts should a news organization make to reflect the diversity of its community? A loaded question with an equally loaded answer. Luckily, this is my favorite cup of tea and I like it piping. It’s important for a newsroom… Read more

In 10 quick minutes our boy Hank Green lays out the basic foundations of utilitarianism. He gives us a rundown of not only older versions of this theory, but also provides us with two more modern approaches. We love a knowledgeable Green. At it’s very base, utilitarianism looks at the consequences of an action rather… Read more

*This one is long so I apologize to your eyeballs in advance* Concealing identity “Most news organizations agree that journalists generally should identify themselves and their news organization in the course of routine newsgathering. It is not appropriate to mislead or deceive someone you are interviewing or to use subterfuge to obtain the news.” Deception… Read more

First and foremost: FUCK DONALD TRUMP I’ve been waiting for this one. The one that has nothing to do with God. The theory that doesn’t give me war flashbacks to Sunday mass when my mom would pinch me every time I got too rowdy for Jesus. Immanuel Kant was one of those lawful good people.… Read more

Another week another theory. This one is also a holy theory but with a twist. Hank Green explains Natural Law theory and the seven basic goods that accompany it. Natural Law theory states that God is good. He made you. Therefore you are good too. And don’t you forget it baybee. 😉 The theory assumes… Read more

I have to begin by apologizing to Hank Green for referring to him as John Green in my last blog. Poor Hank has probably lived in his older brother’s shadow his whole life and I didn’t help much by confusing the two. space As always, Hank managed to explain some heavy concepts in just under… Read more

Ethics. We all have a general idea of where our moral compass points but we can’t always articulate why. Weighing in at ~3 lbs, our brains can only do so much. BUT Hank Green effortlessly covers metaethics in his Crash Course You-Tube video, “Metaethics: Crash Course Philosophy #32“. Unfortunately, I crashed pretty bad because towards… Read more

Thinking like a journalist. Easier said than done. As detailed in Kelsey Samuels’ Ted Talk “Think like a journalist“, too often we use media to reinforce our biases instead of shaping our opinions based on the information in front of us. We have to engage in meaningful self-reflection to really understand our privileges and recognize… Read more