Week 2 Discussion One, Two and Assignment

The Discussion 1 and Discussion 2 must be completed on or before Thursday January 18, 2018 by 10 pm PST. I have attached four files to enable you to complete it successfully. The Week 2 Assignment File must be completed on or before Monday January 22, 2018 by 10 pm PST.

Required Resources

Required Text

1. Journalistic Ethics: Moral Responsibility in the Media:

1. Chapter Eight – Objectivity, Perspective, and Bias

2. Afterword – Lessons for Journalistic Ethics

4. Afterword – Media Influencing Popular Opinion

6. Afterword – Ideology Implicit in Mass Communications Technology

8. Appendices One, Two, Three, and Four

Articles

1. Dean, W. (n.d.).

The lost meaning of ‘objectivity’ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

. Retrieved from http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/lost-meaning-objectivity/

2. Martin, V. B. (2008, Sept. 26).

Media bias: Going beyond fair and balanced (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

. Scientific American. Retrieved from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/media-bias-presidential-election/

3. Society of Professional Journalists. (2014).

SPJ code of ethics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

. Retrieved from http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

4. Ward, S. J. A. (n.d.).

Ethics in a nutshell (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

. University of Wisconsin: Center for Journalism Ethics. Retrieved from https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/

Multimedia

1. Tedx Talks. (2012, April 21).

Multisource news and the battle of media bias: Jim Spencer at TEDxMU

(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOYasdeum2g

Week 2 – Assignment

Final Research Paper Outline

The purpose of the Final Research Paper due in Week Five is to cover a contemporary journalism or media ethics issue. For this week’s assignment, you will create an outline for your Final Research Paper. Complete the following steps for this outline assignment:

Step One: Review the potential Final Research Paper topics below and select one topic for your Final Research Paper.

Counting the Costs: Ethical Issues Associated with Protecting Sources

· Follow Me: Holding Bloggers Ethically Responsible

· “Give Us Privacy”: Ethical Treatment of Families of Criminals in News Reports

· In the Eye of the Beholder: The Ethical Pitfalls of Images and Video in News Reports

· Word that Hurt: An Ethical Basis of Libel

Step Two: Construct an outline that includes the following elements:

· Identify a specific thesis or central argument for the Final Research Paper.

· Address each of the following five main points that will be included in the Final Research Paper:

· Explain the ethical significance of the topic.

· Discuss each of the concepts and/or areas of ethics that are relevant to the topic.

· Identify and discuss at least two real-world situations in relation to the topic.

· Discuss the implications of the issue on the field of journalism.

· Write an overall opinion of the issues discussed in relation to the impact on individuals, groups, and society.

· Construct the outline according to the

outline template in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

· Identify at least one reference for each of the five main points, and provide the APA citation for each source.

You must use the outline template in the Ashford Writing Center for the completion of the outline. You must also provide at least five scholarly resources other than the required text in the outline. No more than two of your academic resources may be from the Internet. At least two of the five academic resources must be found in the Ashford University Library. Cite your resources as indicated in the sample outline and on reference page following the outline.

Carefully review the

Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Week 2 – Discussion 1

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Avoiding News Bias

You are an education reporter for the Town Times, a daily newspaper in your community. You are assigned to look into a story, that the high school is collecting $50,000 from the state each year to offer a basic auto-repair course as part of its curriculum. You understand there is no such course offered. The money is being used to pay general expenses at the high school. An “Auto Club” is offered weekly for a dozen students after school. Your conflict comes in from being a long-term friend of the teacher, Riley Frederickson, who is advising this club. The state would require repayment of the $50,000 if there is no auto-repair course, and Auto Club does not meet the curriculum standards. Assuming there is no one else on the newspaper staff to cover this story, how do you proceed? What do you do to avoid bias and deliver the “facts” of the story to your readers? Do you interview or ignore your friend, Riley? Draw as appropriate from information in Chapter 8 of the textbook.

Your initial post should be at least 250-300 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.

Week 2 – Discussion 2

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Code of Ethics

Students with last names beginning with A-M respond only to (1). Those with last names beginning with N-Z respond only to (2).

1. After reading Appendixes 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the textbook, outlining the ethics codes adopted by four professional organizations, what common theme or themes do you see in these codes? Do you notice any differences of emphasis as you compare the codes?

2. After reading Appendixes 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the textbook, outlining the ethics codes adopted by four professional organizations, what common theme or themes do you see in these codes? Why do you suppose the professional organizations adopted these principles?

Week Two Learning Outcomes

This week students will:

· Examine the potential in journalism for distortions of perspective, interpretation and bias, and how to counteract these effects.

· Evaluate the codes of ethics that are adopted by professional organizations for journalists.

Overview

Assignment

Due Date

Format

Grading Percent

Discussion 1: Avoiding News Bias

Day 3
(1st post)

Discussion

Discussion 2: Code of Ethics

Day 3
(1st post)

Discussion

Assignment: Final Research Paper Outline

Day 7

Assignment

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