Class Readings

Murdoch's latest ethical problems

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/28/news-corporation-nds-panorama-frontline?INTCMP=SRCH

A quick summary of some recent coverage of the Murdoch phone tapping/etc/ scandal

Case Study 4 - Resource guide

http://www.manship2.lsu.edu/class/Readings/Case Study 1-Resource.htm

Timeline of major developments in the phone hacking case. To be used with your analysis for Case Study 4.

Murdoch Empire still standing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/04/rupert-murdoch-american-media-immunity?INTCMP=SRCH

Is Murdoch's ethical problems a story? Not if you go by the reaction of American news media, which is giving him a free ride.

New Ethical Issue for Murdoch

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/23/colin-myler-news-of-the-world-scrutiny

NY Daily News Editor: Was he behind attempt to blackmail MPs who were investigating Murdoch?

Issues -- News Councils

http://newsombudsmen.org/columns/who-will-hold-the-news-media-accountable

Who will hold the media accountable in an age of online journalism?

Ethics Code - American Advertising Federation

http://www.aaf.org/about/principles.html

Advertising ethics and principles

Issues - Who watches the watchers? Who guards the Guardians?

http://newsombudsmen.org/columns/codes-of-ethics-and-ombudsmen-what-is-their-purpose

Is there a purpose to news ombudsmen anymore?

ETHICAL ISSUES

Issues --Product Placement and Bloggers

http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050217lasica/

Can bloggers accept money from advertisers for word of mouth placement in their blogs? Is it ethical?

A+ Overarching issues

Issues -- Numbing of the American Mind

http://www.csub.edu/~mault/Numbing%20of%20american%20mind.htm

Has media numbed us to what is important? Is it the cause of the dumbing down of culture? Are we so saturated by information that we can't figure out what is real? interesting questions here - must read..

CASE STUDY

Case Study 1 - Mirage Bar

http://www.manship2.lsu.edu/class/readings/mirage.htm

Ethics Class Exercise

CASE STUDY 3

Case Study 4 - A brief summary

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/mar/26/phone-hacking-newsinternational?INTCMP=SRCH

Brief summary of the ethical issues raised by the Murdoch scandal.

CRITICISM

Issues -- Why We Worship American Idol

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0217/p09s02-coop.html

Forget workers against capitalists, forget heroes. Life today is about spectators versus performers. And spectators are fighting back in this mediated society.

ETHICAL CODE

Ethics Code - Public Relations Society of America

http://www.prsa.org/_About/ethics/values.asp?ident=eth4

Public Relations Code of Ethics

ETHICAL CODE

Ethics Code - Society of Professional Journalists

http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp?

ETHICAL CODE

Ethics Code - American Society of Newspaper Editors

http://www.asne.org/kiosk/archive/principl.htm

Another code

ETHICAL ISSUES