Fair, Foolish, or in an ethical Fix (Media Monitor up to Nov. 26), that is — “Good” practice (balanced, presents all relevant sides, contextualized) …. “Bad” practice (a violation of an ethical provision/ ethical principle is involved; pls specify, rants without particularizing the ethical violation will not merit any points ) …. or an ethical dilemma ( a difficult ethical question is involved): i just wrote an alliteration of it because… it’s a hobby
Media Ethics: This space is reserved for students to send in, type up, embed, paste, etc. their evaluation of posts, reports, stories, etc. in the news media, the social media, and other media (live chat rooms, video games, etc.) uploaded, published, or aired from Nov. 11 (first day of classes) up to Nov. 26.
After Nov. 26, the first media monitor will be closed, your post would be forfeited if it’s late. The next media monitor is from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 for which another space would be created. Students are not allowed to cram, i.e. not allowed to be lazy and do nothing the entire sem then put all posts in one week. The point of this exercise is to build a habit of viewing the news and to make it almost second-skin to evaluate (the objective is to sensitize the student, and this is one way of accomplishing that). So… you have to file for every media monitor, or lose the points for that space. (bonuses will be given depending on the mean score of the class)
Students are given the option to write their post in their own platform (FB, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogspot; you don’t have to write here) and paste the link in the comment section of this space (click comments button below; the program allows only one hyperlink or URL, do not paste more than one, tnx), or you can write out your entire post in the comments section of this space.
The score will depend on the discussion of the ethical issue involved (rants will not have points, please frame it as an ethical question). You can use either your real name, your student number, or your pseudonym (if the latter, pls email R. your real name and the pseudonym and ask her to record it). You can start posting now, just remember that the page is for “General Patronage”, i.e., if the image is too gory, have the sense to pixelize it or NOT to recopy it anymore. Thanks.
From last semester’s ethics class, from out of the blue, a student writes (published with permission)
“Dear Ma’am,
“Watching the media coverage of the aftermath of typhoon Yolanda, I couldn’t help but squirm at my seat. Seeing a GMA field reporter interview a man with his dead child (who died in an evacuation center) in his arms almost made me shout at my TV screen. And talk about conflict of interest and other media ethics issues , I’m sure you’ve already seen this: http://www.boniavenue.com/2013/11/video-cnn-anchor-anderson-cooper-speaks-korina-sanchez-radio-comments/ > so shameful.
“Our lessons in Media Ethics made watching news more stressful 🙂 but I’m really glad to know that my discomfort and horror at seeing such violations have basis.
“Thank you for making us more critical of what we watch. I also learned to be more careful of what I say/comment about issues I strongly feel about.
