Final Exam Review

Final Exam Review

Journalistic Values

Verification (scientific method)

Loyalty to citizens

Objectivity

Independence

Transparency

Conflicts of Interest

Monitoring power

Journalistic Values, Continued

Mediation

Detachment vs. Engagement

Speed vs. Accuracy

Privacy

Public forum role

Obligation to the truth Accuracy vs. Fact

Ethical Principles

Deontology/categorical imperative

Utilitarianism

Communitarianism

The Doctrine of the Mean

The Veil of Ignorance

Pluralistic Theory of Value

Golden Rule/Judeo-Christian approach

Other Ethics C oncepts

Potter Box

Ethics in… Photojournalism

Broadcast

Print

Anonymous sources

Undercover reporting

Quote approval and modifying quotes

Poynter ethical guidelines

SPJ ethical guidelines

Legal stuff First Amendment rights (and

actions/expression not protected by the amendment)

Libel

New York Times Co. v. US

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

W. Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

Sullivan v. New York Times

Other Concepts to Know

Whom do journalists work for?

Public relations vs. journalism

The “deficit model”

Theory of the Interlocking Public

Investigative journalism

Watchdog journalism

Yellow journalism

Citizen journalism

Definitions of journalism (see week 1 presentation)

Journalism and Democracy (also week 1)