Media Ethics: Journalism and Social Networking

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Uploaded by on Dec 10, 2009

This video analyzes the journalistic ethics of using social networking sites as news sources, as well as the quality of news content. It was created by Lindsay Cooper, Julie Mansmann, Vincent Seibert, and Mika Iwakari for Professor Good's Fall 2009 Media Ethics class at SUNY New Paltz.

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  • Apply to CIME's media ethics video competition! Details on our channel :)

  • Reputable news sources should verify all their content, especially if it is user generated/picked up from social networking sites such as Twitter.

    It's better to focus on responsible journalism than being the 'first' to break a story - in a globalised world that is unlikely anyway. If you can't be first and report as breaking news, in which case facts which are thin on the ground might be more excusable, you should take the time to get the facts right and verify sources before running a story

  • I liked this video. It definitely puts into focus the disparity between need-to-know knowledge and "convenient" information. I think it's more of a psychological stigma. The human mind tends to avoid that which causes it pain and sadness, and with one click (less effort than it takes to turn a page) that terrible story about some small country out east is replaced by your favorite celebrity's new hairstyle. Perhaps it's simply become too convenient too ignore significant news.

  • The video was very well put together I 'm a masscomm. student and the information will be very helpful.

  • Great video except for the voiceover. haha

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