Students may post their media monitor in their own platforms (Facebook, Twitter, tumblr, WordPress, etc) and paste the link in the comments section (click “Leave a Comment”),  or paste the paragraphs here (in the comments box). 

Rants will not be given any points. In your media monitor,please explain the ethical principle involved, either as good practices, ethical violations, or ethical dilemmas. Examples of ethical principles as discussed in class are: 

 – truthfulness, accuracy, contextualization

– independence

– minimizing harm

– accountability

     …. or the following provisions: 

Avoiding “improper emphasis”; “distortion of truth by omission”
Airing all sides to a conflict

  Correcting substantive errors

   Avoiding denigrating or   “degrading any person by reason of sex, creed, religion, belief, etc

   Being conscious of the presumption of innocence in crime stories or publishing/ airing an accusation

    etc.

(Note: the software does not allow multiple hyperlinks or more than two hyperlinks)