Honors Media Ethics

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Overview

Subject code

JRN

Course Number

3220H

Department(s)

Description

What are the legal and ethical rights and responsibilities of journalists, the news media, and anyone who publishes on social media? From privacy, to censorship, to defamation, to fake news and fabrication, to conflicts of interest, students will research, critically analyze and discuss legal and ethical issues of concern to journalists, the news media, news audience and social media publishers. Among the topics covered: censorship, confidential sources, conflicts of interest,copyright infringement, defamation, fabrication, First Amendment protections, news gathering liability, plagiarism, privacy, sensationalism, undercover reporting and thewatchdog role of the press. Coursework includes online research, close reading ofcourt cases and news articles, and multiple writing assignments. Students will beevaluated on the basis of exams, written assignments and, in some cases, presentations to the class.

Career

Undergraduate

Credits

Value

3

Max

3

Min

3

Course Count

1

Number Of Credits

3

Number Of Repeats

1

Repeatable

No

Contact Use

Yes

Generate Attendance

No

Left Use

Yes

Present Use

Yes

Reason Use

Yes

Tardy Use

Yes

Template Override

No

Time Use

Yes

Attendance Type

Class Meeting

Auto Create

No

Code

LEC

Instructor Contact Hours

3

Default Section Size

5

Final Exam Type

Yes

Include in Dynamic Date Calc

No

Instruction Mode

In Person

LMS File Type

Blackboard CourseInfo 4

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OEE Workload Hours

0

Optional Component

No

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Academic Scheduling

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3