Journalism ethics and standards

press can only perform its crucial role as a watchdog of government if there is some form of control to ensure discipline in the industry. The government regulates the media because of the public’s real need for standards in journalism. Many limitations are intended to help enhance ethics and quality of the press against other important values, like state security, social peace, and personal rights. The media, on the other hand, is also capable of exceeding its functions and going over and above…

“It is our reward because it demonstrates that American journalism can be, and in its crucial hour was, conducted with the highest standards of ethics, the greatest concern for public interest, and a near-suicidal commitment to the pursuit of truth and justice.” This is what Ron Dorfman, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, said in 1974 about All the President’s Men. All the President’s Men is a historical non-fiction book written collaboratively by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in 1974, both…

Beauty twirling into madness Topless, feathers, Dance Moms and music, all words splashed around on an article written by Jemma Nicoll, UTS journalism graduate and freelance writer. These words have stricken shock and astonishment in the hearts of many after reading about children from the ages 8-15 being over-sexualized through a cultural movement – dance. What used to be smiling, skipping and pirouettes has twisted into crumping, twerking and #tilttuesdays, posing in skimpy undies and crop…

in many of the problems that have been wide spread lately. The media have had a great impact on the younger generation telling them they have to look a certain way or be a certain size to be accepted by society. According to the Journal’s Code of Ethics, “the journalist has the civic responsibility to act in order to establish the rule of law and of social justice”. (Romanian Press Club, Article 7). Social media have become an even bigger part of everyday life reporting…

TOPIC: LITTLE ALBERT’S EMOTIONAL CONDITIONING EXPERIMENT INTRODUCTION In the 1920s, a new movement in psychology known as behaviorism, spearheaded by Pavlov and Watson, began to take hold. The behaviorist viewpoint was radically opposed to the psychoanalytic school and proposed that behavior is generated outside the person through various environmental or situational stimuli. Therefore, Watson theorized, emotional responses exist in us because we have been conditioned to respond emotionally…

If it is true that tragedies come in threes, then the death of American democracy is surely inevitable. The trio is affecting this nation is evangelical, paternalistic and sentimental nihilism; a toxic combination of institutionalized practices and behaviors that perpetuate systemic racism and imperialism. The threads of nihilism were woven into the fabric of America since the values of the nation were conceived in the Constitution. The architects of this paramount document set a precedence for…

This is an issue because their task is to report on things with an unbiased point of view. New York Times managing editor, Philip Corbett argues, “I flatly reject the notion that there is no such thing as impartial, objective journalism, that it’s some kind of pretense or charade. We expect professionals in all sorts of fields to put their personal opinions aside, or keep them to themselves, when they do their work—judges, police officers, scientists, teachers. Why would we expect…

of the changing economy and the lack of American tenacity. It is our job, as Americans, to revitalize the American work ethic and propel ourselves into first place. Globalization aided by increased connectivity calls for heightened competition. The automation of skilled and unskilled jobs threatens the American workforce. The economy is changing to accommodate a high standard of excellence. As the world changes around us, we too must adapt so as not to be left in the dust. Currently, our public…

1. A Torts are civil law suits; we differ between four torts of privacy. False light describes the act of making a person seem in the public eye like somebody they are not. You can do that by giving out false information about this person for example. There are several states that don’t allow false light suits, simply because they are hard to prove. Appropriation is another tort of privacy and describes the use of a person’s name to advertise something, without having the person’s permission.…

the case. With a disturbing history, people have a flawed idea of what inpatient mental health institutions would look like today, and this leads to a willingness to cut funding and ignore the problem. Mental health institutions in today’s world of ethics and medical treatments…