AMST 30142 - Media Ethics

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

American Studies

Description:

This course will examine the ethical challenges that newsroom managers face as well as the issues that reporters in the field must tackle on a daily basis. Much of the course will deal with case studies of actual ethical dilemmas at major news organizations. Also, students will be asked to seek out and bring to class issues dealing with the full range of media from network news to Internet blogs. The course endeavors to teach both the aspiring professional journalist and the non-professional news consumer how to evaluate what they see and read. Taught by the former editor-in-chief of The Boston Globe.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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