Monthly Archives: December 2015

Comm 409 had a particular impact on my academic career that was far more prevalent than most of the other courses I have taken over the past four years at Penn State. This isn’t to say I did not appreciate … Continue reading →

I have learned a lot about ethical issues throughout the duration of this course, but the two that I had the most interest in were fabrication and plagiarism, along with invasion of privacy. Fabrication and plagiarism to me are very … Continue reading →

It was definitely a great pleasure being able to be a part of this Communication Ethics class. I’ve learned a lot of interesting things while being in this course. Ethics isn’t something that I thought about in the past, but … Continue reading →

I have learned a lot of ethical issues through out this course, and I think the two important ethical lessons are in invasion of privacy and conflict of interests. There are a lot of times that news had to do … Continue reading →

Throughout the course, two important ethical lessons from the lectures I’ve learned was that journalist are one of the hardest careers because they have to make tough choices and, that fabrication and plagiarism will never do any good in any … Continue reading →

Throughout this semester, I have learned many important ethical lessons in Dr. Z’s Comm409 course. Being an ethical journalist is not the easiest task. Journalists are faced with important decisions that can greatly affect their career every day. Because of … Continue reading →

Comm 409 has reminded and enlightened me on ethical principles. For instance, the first week of class Dr.Z talked about plagiarism and fabrication. Stephen Glass’ story was a perfect way of showing how fabricating could affect the life of a … Continue reading →

Two of the most important ethical lessons I learned from this course are about ethical thinking in reporting graphic contents and plagiarism and fabrication. After those discussions in class, I started to realize how ethical thinking is important to journalists. … Continue reading →

COMM 409 discusses a lot of ethical questions among journalism. Throughout this class, I learned many about news and media ethics which will help in my future life. I think the two important ethical lessons from the class to me … Continue reading →

Section One One of the most interesting ethical lessons I learned was about credibility and the importance of being truthful. We learned about Stephen Glass, I was so surprised to learn how much he lied. I also realized how much … Continue reading →

After being in Comm 409 for a semester I can confidently say that I have learned about what it means to be an ethical journalist. I have learned that plagiarism and fabrication are never options and to check with multiple … Continue reading →

Plagiarism and Fabrication happen in the journalist field all the time. Plagiarism is taking credit for distinctive phrasing that someone else has created and fabrication is making things up and passing them off as genuine. I believe that these two … Continue reading →

I am a broadcast journalism major and this was my first semester at University Park. I took a few required journalism classes this semester and will take a lot more in the final few semesters at college. Certain topics will … Continue reading →

As I think back on this course I can say that I have gathered plenty of information on what is acceptable and what is not in the newsroom. It is hard to pick out which lessons I learned the most … Continue reading →

In a class centered on ethics, I found each day how crucial it is to the livelihood of a journalist to be morally right. One lesson I feel to be the most important that I’ve learned is that as a … Continue reading →