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About bsw5151

I am Senior at Penn State University studying Telecommunications and Sociology. I am 21 years old, from Philadelphia, PA.

Briana Webster

One ethical lesson I’ve learned in this course was decision making for photos. The process of pros and cons that a journalist goes through when deciding if a photo is newsworthy or not is intriguing. A journalist has a lot … Continue reading

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Richard Jewell Case

Should a journalist publish a suspect name that hasn’t been charged yet? I disagree with this. I believe that no person name should be publicly named to the media if there is not even enough proof or probable cause to … Continue reading

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Black Ops Dr. Mara Einstein gave an interesting lecture called Black Ops Advertising—The Corporate Creation of Fake News. Advertising and Social media plays a big part in why this generation are social natives today. More than 90 percent of the … Continue reading

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Briana Webster

Blog #2 In the movie “Shattered Glass”, one main ethical issue that was an essential problem in the movie was fabrication. Stephen Glass repeatedly fabricated story after story for himself and other people enjoyment. He became one of the top … Continue reading

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This I Believe

Briana Webster January 20, 2017 Comm 409   This I Believe   I strongly believe in the famous quote, “Mind over matter”. This quote means a lot to me personally and spiritually that I have the quote tattooed on my … Continue reading

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