Course Organization
1 Intro to basic concepts in media ethics
Journalism Code of Ethics http://tinyurl.com/ylfb554
Marketing Code of Ethics http://tinyurl.com/yktg9pq
Short History (ch. 2) Handbook
Moral Development (ch. 4) Handbook
“Blogging and the Emerging Media Ecosystem,” John Naughton (PDF)
2 Overview of moral and ethical philosophy
Buddhist Moral Ethics (ch. 21) Handbook
Search for Universals (ch. 5) Handbook
Freedom of Expression (ch. 23) Handbook
3 Normative theories of media
Communitarianism (ch. 22) Handbook
“Democracy and Mass Media Revisited,” James Curan (PDF)
Normative Theories of the Media, ch. 1 (PDF)
Assessing Communication Rights (PDF)
4 The media commons and organizational structures
Media Ownership in corporate age (ch. 24) Handbook
Global media ecology (ch. 28) Handbook
5. Public vs. private media
"A public service for all" (PDF, read only pp. 12-23)
Changing Media: Public Interest in the Digital Age (PDF, read only ch. 10, pp. 257-85)
African Charter on Broadcasting (PDF)
6 Mediapolis and image ethics—Challenges of globalized media space
Chpts. 1-2 Media and Morality
Start research for midterm project
7 Mediapolis and image ethics cont.— Ethics of seeing and being seen
Chpts. 3-4 Media and Morality
Cont. research for midterm project
8 Mediapolis and Image Ethics cont.— Cosmopolitism and the rhetoric of evil ; hospitality and justice; responsibility
Chpts. 5-7 Media and Morality
Cont. research for midterm project
9 Midterm Presentations
10 Citizen Media
Why Diversity Matters (ch. 8) Handbook
Eroding Boundaries (ch. 13) Handbook
Introduction to Citizen Media http://tinyurl.com/yenzvyf
Essential Shared Values (ch. 3) Handbook
Digital Ethics (ch. 18) Handbook
11 Truthiness and Fake News
Conflict of Interest (ch. 17) Handbook
Transparency (ch. 16) Handbook
Truth and Objectivity (ch. 6) Handbook
Photojournalism Ethics (ch. 7) Handbook
12 Social Justice and Journalism
Justice in Journalism (ch. 15) Handbook
Peace Journalism (ch. 19) Handbook
Feminist Media Ethics (ch. 27) Handbook
Media in Evil Circumstances Handbook
Privacy and the Press (ch. 20) Handbook
13 Going Mediactive
Mediactive (pt. 1 pp. 1-60), Dan Gillmor (PDF)
14 Visual Activism
Chpts. 6-7, Afterward (How to See the World, PDF)