Journalism ethics and standards

To gain a deeper understanding on what ICT literacy is, or what standards are included on being ICT literate, one must first define the two words which constitute the term. ICT is the technologies that aid the collection, processing or the circulation of information or data. Meanwhile, literacy is the ability to classify, comprehend, interpret, construct, communicate, compute and use written and printed materials connected with different contexts. Literacy requires continuous learning to allow…

“A media revolution is transforming, fundamentally and irrevocably, the nature of journalism and its ethics. The means to publish is now in the hands of the citizens, while the Internet encourages new forms of journalism that are interactive and immediate” (Ward). With media ethics constantly evolving and new forms of media popping up everywhere, it can be difficult to make decisions regarding what is right and what is wrong in the realm of media. This is why I believe that it is important to…

position is to be working in a related field like a newspaper, a report website, or freelanced submitted reports to media organizations. The type of knowledge needed to possess in order to be successful as a journalist is to have Core values of Journalism, Ethics, Media law, Basic knowledge of the institutions of civic life, Learning how to freelance, reaching out to valuable resources, and to work for non-traditional organizations. The things one needs to be passionate about in order to be…

The organizational routines and professional norms in the modern media organizations play a role in journalism today. It is evident that routines and norms influence the way journalists report political news. Existing professional norms, specifically objectivity, are not realistic, effective or desirable in the ways that they are applied today. This is because the identity of a journalist has been skewed into a mere shadow of what the profession once was. There is a way for reporting to fulfill…

really was in my interest. There is a lot of reasons why you need to be an ethical teacher. Teachers are held to high standards because they are the ones that are with the students each and every day and the students look up to their teacher. One teacher states that, “Without systematic instruction in ethics, students would have no reference points to guide their practice of journalism except money and status, and we all know the schlock that produces. So I teach them ethical principles, along…

Becoming the first Registered Nurse in my family was a challenge. While most children were playing outside with friends, I was at the library or finding a nurse that I could talk with. At the age of ten, I was guided to a mission that would ultimately lead me to where I am today. My uncle was diagnosed with kidney cancer when I was ten years old, and his primary nurse was beyond mean. Sad to say, but that experience changed my life forever. I remember thinking, “when I become a nurse, not one…

BuzzFeed: Can We Consider it Professional Journalism? News practices and values have shifted dramatically since the rise of online media. Following this phenomenon, there is the quick development of what we now know as citizen journalism. This allows the general public to share news instantly without being a professional journalist. However, the term has created many debates in this field as it there is a fine line between being a professional and being a citizen. The added aspect of online…

philosophy. Owners of media outlets can and do dictate the content as to not offend advertisers or to promote the company itself. A perfect example of this currently happening today is at Fox News. The 2004 documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch 's War on Journalism by filmmaker Robert Greenwald criticizes the Fox News Channel, and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, claiming that the channel is used…

smartphone and an internet connection posts questionable pictures on their homemade news site, the news media may be criticized for leaving out pertinent information regarding the story whether it is ethically appropriate or not. According to “Images in Ethics Codes in an Era of Violence and Tragedy” this also creates an ethical dilemma in which bystanders may be persuaded to try and capture the perfect image for that news market instead of responding like a regular victim of a disaster would,…

television (Media Bias, 2012)? His dual role challenges one of the central ethical codes of journalism which is to “act independently and avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived” (Sigma Delta Chi, 2014). A core value of journalism such as this cannot simply be ignored when it is questioned. Al Sharpton is not acting as a journalist so perhaps he doesn’t necessarily have to hold himself to the high ethical standards a normal journalist would; however, as as a commentator representing a…