Media Ethics

Doing what is right - by whom and by whose standards? Ethical issues are at the forefront of any kind of messaging/reporting/transmission of information. But we only have a fuzzy idea of what ethical standards apply to the media. These standards are changing (or slipping) because of changing technology which allows everyone to lie easily and to even more people. At the very least, this module should give you an insight into what sort of ethics underpin the news reports and commentaries that you read and a primer on what is expected of the media practitioner.