COMM371
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MEDIA ETHICS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Course Description
Journalists around the world are now experimenting with new ways of publishing and distributing media content beyond daily newspapers and radio and television stations. What are the rules in the changing digital media landscape, where we can all be instant newsmakers -- especially during a time when legitimate journalism is written off as “fake news” and journalists
are being called the “enemy of the people”? How do journalists cover the news via traditional and new forms of reporting, including digital streams of video, photos, data and text? What does it mean to he “objective?” What are our standards for excellence in news coverage around the world? I-low can news outlets address a potentially global audience, while remaining culturally
sensitive to diverse local populations?
are being called the “enemy of the people”? How do journalists cover the news via traditional and new forms of reporting, including digital streams of video, photos, data and text? What does it mean to he “objective?” What are our standards for excellence in news coverage around the world? I-low can news outlets address a potentially global audience, while remaining culturally
sensitive to diverse local populations?