5 Principles for Teaching Journalism Ethics in the Digital Age by Stephen Ward, February 15, 2011
The article discusses two main questions.The first one is: How can journalists use the new media tools responsibly?And the second one :What to teach? The author states a brilliant idea that journalism ethics is a field where old and new values clash. I suppose it is one of the key phrases in this article. Analyzing the situation it is necessary to note that on one side are traditional values such as those found in the code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists.
On the other side are values of the "always on" universe of interactive media: immediacy, transparency, edgy opinion and partisan journalism, anonymity, and sharing.
The author mentions that nowadays we not only teach without a consensus, we lack an ethics that provides adequate guidance for the many new forms of mixed media. This phrase is also significant in the article and I'm fully agree with it.
Speaking about this problem we are to name 5 principles for teaching Journalism ethics in the digital age:
1. Start from the students' media world.
2. Assist students with reflective engagement.
3. Insist on critical thinking, not what is fashionable.
4. Be transitional.
5. Be global in your teaching.
In conclusion the author suggests that the teaching should challenge, not discourage.He stresses that students should see the turmoil in journalism as an exciting intellectual and practical challenge to develop a more adequate ethics for a new global mixed media.
The article discusses two main questions.The first one is: How can journalists use the new media tools responsibly?And the second one :What to teach? The author states a brilliant idea that journalism ethics is a field where old and new values clash. I suppose it is one of the key phrases in this article. Analyzing the situation it is necessary to note that on one side are traditional values such as those found in the code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists.
On the other side are values of the "always on" universe of interactive media: immediacy, transparency, edgy opinion and partisan journalism, anonymity, and sharing.
The author mentions that nowadays we not only teach without a consensus, we lack an ethics that provides adequate guidance for the many new forms of mixed media. This phrase is also significant in the article and I'm fully agree with it.
Speaking about this problem we are to name 5 principles for teaching Journalism ethics in the digital age:
1. Start from the students' media world.
2. Assist students with reflective engagement.
3. Insist on critical thinking, not what is fashionable.
4. Be transitional.
5. Be global in your teaching.
In conclusion the author suggests that the teaching should challenge, not discourage.He stresses that students should see the turmoil in journalism as an exciting intellectual and practical challenge to develop a more adequate ethics for a new global mixed media.
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