The Ethics 2nd Media Monitor (Social Media 2) can be posted here.
Regular Media Monitor: The regular media monitor for the week is a review or evaluation of Valentine Social Media posts (FB, IG, YT, Twitter, etc) using the social media standards.
The Bonus post is: An evaluation or review of specific social media posts that came out this week on the right to a free press in view of the challenge to the ABS-CBN franchise. In the evaluation, state how you found the social media post, and use the social media community standards in evaluating the post. (for class members: You may use the post you yourself found and discussed in class).
Deadlines are every Wednesday at 11:59pm unless otherwise stated. Therefore, the deadline here is on Wednesday Feb. 19, 2020 at 11:59pm.
UPDATED. Ethics 9th Media Monitor (the News Media 3) The Broadcast Code
The 9th Media Monitor is on the KBP Broadcast Code provisions, annotation, and discussion.
Class members are required to review pertinent broadcast media content (time frame August 2019-December 2019) (Fair, Foolish, or in a Fix: good practice, violation, or dilemma), and to post the evaluation here, either regular or bonus (but not both), using the provisions of the KBP Broadcast Code. Points will be awarded on a “first-posted-first-credited” basis, i.e., class members are not allowed to copy or base their work on another class member’s post.
Baseless rants will not merit any points – the commentary should use, cite, and quote the pertinent provisions of the KBP Broadcast Code.
The deadline is on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 at 11:59pm. Late posts will not merit any points.
BONUS: A review of any broadcast media content covering the 2019 SEA Games or SEA Games preparation and related events, issues, and topics (time frame: November 2019-December 2019) using the provisions of the KBP Broadcast Code.
UPDATE. Additional BONUS for five points: On broadcasting statements and quotes accurately:
Question: Is there a difference in the following statements of conclusion based on data from clinics that there are more reported cases of depression:
a)Statement of conclusion most often made by researchers: “There are more actual cases of depression in the last five years compared to the years before that, according to hospital records. ”
b)Another statement of conclusion that’s not used: “There are more reports of actual cases of depression in the last five years compared to the years before that when they were probably not being reported, based on hospital records. ”
1.What is the difference, if any, between the two? Explain. 2.Which statement would be more accurate? 3.Are there other possible theorization / explanation for the data? Explain, then state why it is important to offer all possible explanations and analysis for the data (for five points). (On the other hand, cases of suicides and suicide attempts may be a more accurate measure of the qualitative change in the phenomenon of depression in the last five years compared to years before that, and used as jumping point of the study, i.e. absent more accurate data, the data on the increase in suicide cases and suicide attempts may support the conclusion that there are more cases of depression in the last five years compared to the years before that — more quantifiable — rather than general reports of depression)
Ethics 8th Media Monitor (the News Media 2) Parts 3 and 4 of the 2014 SPJ Code of Ethics
The 8th media monitor (the News Media 2) (Fair, Foolish, or in a Fix: good practice, violation, or dilemma), can be posted here, either regular or bonus (but not both), with deadline on November 21, 2019 at 5pm. The regular post for this 8th media monitor is an evaluation of a news report/ news feature/ feature segment/ spiel/ announcement/ any interpretive report or opinion piece illustrating (either as a good practice or as a violation or an issue) any provision of Parts 3 and 4 of the 2014 SPJ Code of Ethics discussed in class last week (specify the provision being illustrated).
The Bonus for the 8th media monitor is the evaluation of the behavior of a media practitioner (either as “good practice” or as a violation or an ethical issue ), illustrating the following provision of the Philippine Journalists Code of Ethics: ” I shall comport myself in public or while performing my duties as journalist in such manner as to maintain the dignity of my profession. When in doubt, decency should be my watchword.” (the time frame for the media content or media practitioner’s behavior is August 15, 2019 to November 21, 2019). The deadline is Nov. 21, 2019. (REMINDER , again: The subject is media content and NOT the statements of news subjects; for the Bonus, it is the behavior of media practitioners such as reporters, news anchors, hosts, news presenters, etc., and NOT the behavior of those being covered in the news, i.e., NOT the behavior of news subjects. )
