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Blog 5 – Erica Patterson

This semester in COMM 409: Media Ethics the two ethical issues that I learned that were important were a conflict of interest and the publishing of explicit content. The first lesson with conflict of interest we learned that journalist is … Continue reading

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Blog 4 – Fake News

Situation Definition: The case I chose was on the Fake News. During the past election, we saw the rise of what is now called fake news during this time we saw not only our current President getting his information from … Continue reading

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Blog 3 – The Oweida Lecture: Marty Barron

Part 1. Situation Definition: The Oweida Lecture about journalism ethics welcomed the Washington Post editor Marty Barron to speak. During this lecture, Barron talked about the need for a journalist to listen. During his speech, two ethical issues stood out … Continue reading

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Blog 2 : Shattered Glass By Erica Patterson

Situation Definition In class, we watched the movie Shattered Glass which is a true story based on previous journalist Stephen Glass. Glass built his career on stories that were not true or partially fabricated. The two ethical issues I see … Continue reading

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Blog 1 – This I believe … by Erica Patterson

As I sat and thought about this assignment two words came to me and that was love and faith. I couldn’t choose between the two because they both mean so much to me and I believe in both very much. I … Continue reading

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