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PERSPECTIVES ON JOURNALISM ETHICS JRNL 6202 SUMMER II 2015
• Instructor: Bill Mitchell • 27 July 2015 | Northeastern Univ.
PERSPECTIVES ON JOURNALISM ETHICS JRNL 6202 SUMMER II 2015
• Instructor: Bill Mitchell• Bmitch (at) gmail dot com• 727-641-9407• 27 July 2015 | Northeastern Univ.
WHAT WE’LL DO TONIGHT• Correct that Error: Quick example from today’s Globe
• Oral Presentation by Emily on Hashtags
• Discussion of your ethics guidelines
• Discussion of your final paper
• Review of assigned readings
• Shattered Glass
• 10 minute break (at about 7:30 p.m.)
• Upcoming assignments, etc.
CLASS PARTICIPATION & ITS RELEVANCE TO ETHICAL
DECISION-MAKING• If you’re not inclined to speak up, consider doing so
• If you speak up a lot, consider encouraging others
• Do your best to stay on point
• Try to make your point briefly
CORRECT THAT ERROR
JUST AS IMPORTANT: THE MARGIN OF ERROR
MY EMAIL TO THE REPORTER
THE REPORTER’S RESPONSE
THE CORRECTION:
EMILY ON THE POWER OF HASHTAGS
REFINING YOUR PERSONAL ETHICS GUIDELINES• THE WHAT: What do you stand for as a journalist?
• MORE WHAT: What values/principles do you uphold?
• THE WHY: Why do you hold those values/principles?
• THE WHO: Whose theory(ies) underpin your ethics?
• THE HOW: How will you do that? (process you’ll follow)
A RESOURCE: PRINCIPLES SUGGESTED BY ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION FOR DIY ETHICS
• Tell the truth
• Don’t plagiarize
• Don’t take money
• Be responsible to the public
• Correct your errors
ONA: MAKE A BASIC CHOICE
• Are you an independent, impartial journalist?
• Or a journalist with a particular point of view?
• Decide and be transparent about your choice
AMONG ONA’S 40 QUESTIONS:
• Will you consider removing mistaken reports?
• Under what circumstances will you quote hate speech?
• What will guide editing of your photos?
• How will you approach coverage of suicides?
• How will you conduct yourself on social networks?
SNAPSHOT OF FINAL PAPER DUE 7 A.M. FRIDAY 31 JULY
• Describe a dimension of media ethics that needs work
• Describe the research you’ll do in support of your thesis
• Explain how this reform or rethinking fits with your personal ethics guidelines
• See discussion of Final Paper in syllbaus: bit.ly/SummerEthics
• This is an outline aimed at feedback, not the paper itself
REVIEW OF READINGS:FORMS OF PLAGIARISM
• Appropriation plagiarism
• Research plagiarism
• Idea plagiarism
• Self plagiarism
DETECTION CHALLENGES WITH PLAGIARISM & FABRICATION
• How detect plagiarism?
• How detect fabrication?
COMMON EXCUSES FOR PLAGIARISM & FABRICATION
• So much pressure, plagiarism as the only way out
• No one will ever know
• Deceit in service of greater truth
LESSONS LEARNED FROM CELEBRATED CASES
OF PLAGIARISM, FABRICATION
• Readers often reluctant to speak up
• Power of a big dog in the newsroom
• Editors (and other reporters) reluctant to go out on a limb
NYT’S JAYSON BLAIR ON THE NUTS & BOLTS OF
PLAGIARISM & FABRICATION
THE REPORTER BLAIR STOLE FROM: MACARENA HERNANDEZ
THE GUY IN CHARGE : PUBLISHER ARTHUR SULZBERGER
WHAT FAKED JOURNALISM FEELS LIKE FROM THE INSIDE
HOW TO GUARD AGAINST WHAT GLASS DID?
Hanna Rosin tracks down Glass 16 years later:
http://bit.ly/RosinonGlass
HELLO, MY NAME IS STEPHEN GLASS AND I’M SORRY
ASSIGNMENTS: • For all assignments, see bit.ly/EthicsAssignments• Reading: Chapters 11 & 18 in Foreman book• By 7 a.m. Friday 31 July: Snapshot of your final paper (final
version due 7 a.m. Friday Aug. 21)• By 7 a.m. Sunday 2 August: A post to your blog• By 3 p.m. Monday 3 August: A comment about a classmate’s
post• By 7 a.m. Friday 7 August: Final version of your personal
ethics guidelines
