Assignment: Research Paper Outline
The purpose of the Research Paper is to cover a contemporary journalism or media ethics issue. You will create an outline for your Research Paper. Complete the following steps for this outline assignment:
Step One: Review the potential Research Paper topics below and select one topic for your Research Paper.
? Counting the Costs: Ethical Issues Associated with Protecting Sources
? Follow Me: Holding Bloggers Ethically Responsible
? "Give Us Privacy": Ethical Treatment of Families of Criminals in News Reports
? In the Eye of the Beholder: The Ethical Pitfalls of Images and Video in News Reports
? Word that Hurt: An Ethical Basis of Libel
Step Two: Construct an outline that includes the following elements:
? Identify a specific thesis or central argument for the Research Paper.
? Address each of the following five main points that will be included in the Research Paper:
- Explain the ethical significance of the topic.
- Discuss each of the concepts and/or areas of ethics that are relevant to the topic.
- Identify and discuss at least two real-world situations in relation to the topic.
- Discuss the implications of the issue on the field of journalism.
- Write an overall opinion of the issues discussed in relation to the impact on individuals, groups, and society.
Discussion 1
Reply.
Avoiding News Bias
You are an education reporter for the Town Times, a daily newspaper in your community. You are assigned to look into a story, that the high school is collecting $50,000 from the state each year to offer a basic auto-repair course as part of its curriculum. You understand there is no such course offered. The money is being used to pay general expenses at the high school. An "Auto Club" is offered weekly for a dozen students after school. Your conflict comes in from being a long-term friend of the teacher, Riley Frederickson, who is advising this club. The state would require repayment of the $50,000 if there is no auto-repair course, and Auto Club does not meet the curriculum standards. Assuming there is no one else on the newspaper staff to cover this story, how do you proceed? What do you do to avoid bias and deliver the "facts" of the story to your readers? Do you interview or ignore your friend, Riley? Draw as appropriate from information in Chapter 8 of the textbook.
Your initial post should be at least 250-300 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
Discussion 2
Code of Ethics
Students with last names beginning with A-M respond only to (1). Those with last names beginning with N-Z respond only to (2).
1. After reading Appendixes 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the textbook, outlining the ethics codes adopted by four professional organizations, what common theme or themes do you see in these codes? Do you notice any differences of emphasis as you compare the codes?
2. After reading Appendixes 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the textbook, outlining the ethics codes adopted by four professional organizations, what common theme or themes do you see in these codes? Why do you suppose the professional organizations adopted these principles?
Your initial post should be at least 250-300 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
Learning Outcomes
? Examine the potential in journalism for distortions of perspective, interpretation and bias, and how to counteract these effects.
? Evaluate the codes of ethics that are adopted by professional organizations for journalists.
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