Summary: Bollea V. Gawker

In the article “The Impact Celebrities Have on Our LIves”, Deborah King suggests that, because of the Internet and media today, celebrities do not have private lives anymore (para 10-11), and I agree with her. What surprises me about this is that I have never thought about it in this way. I will see what celebrities are doing in magazines and on television and never give it a second thought because it is so common. Often times I see photos of celebrities in magazines, but they are not only of when the celebrities are at social events. I have seen dozens of celebrities photographed while shopping with their families at the grocery store, walking in a park, and even of when they are taking out the trash. This illustrates that even something as

The Movie I chose to reflect on is Spotlight, which follows a group of journalist as they try to prove the cover up of sexual abuse involving the Catholic Church and their priest. The spotlight team from the Boston Globe was faced with multiple ethical issues, however, I feel SPJ Code of Ethics in section seek truth and report it stating, “Recognize a special obligation to serve as watchdogs over public affairs and government. Seek to ensure that the public’s business is conducted in the open, and that public records are open to all.” is the most prevalent throughout the movie. The team works effortlessly in trying to bring the scandal to light by finding reliable witnesses, as well as getting legal documents unsealed which ended up proving

In the Journalists’ Code of Ethics is implemented to the media to keep the reporting of all journalists fair and non-judgemental. The professional standards

The “Code of Ethics”, which was published by the Society of Professional Journalists in 2014, gives specific rules that all journalists are supposed to follow in order to have an unbiased and honest opinion on whatever they are writing about. In Sarah Koenig’s “Serial” podcast, which was also published in 2014, she focuses on Adnan Syed who was accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999. But was Koenig being ethical and giving her audience an unbiased opinion? There has been a debate that Koenig is unethical because of multiple occasions throughout her podcast, and she has been criticized in the past for being biased. Koenig shows that she is unethical because there are many important rules that she has broken such as the stereotyping

There are several factors to consider when examining the situation of publishing the Rolling Stone UVA rape story. The three theories used to examine more closely the ethical decision the editor had when publishing the story are Kantian perspective, virtue ethics and the Utilitarianism approach, as well as the pros and cons of the situation.

A civil courtroom in Nashville, Tennessee, currently has an ongoing trial over a nude tape of journalist and sportscaster Erin Andrews. The nude tape was filmed by a stalker without her knowledge and posted online against her will. This is a sex crime at its most basic level, but Andrews faced much opposition, saying that she leaked the tape herself by the media and was told that this tape would be good for her career. She was barred from doing her job at one point until she participated in a televised interview over what happened, she chose Oprah Winfrey. What happened with the tape is that when Andrews was filming a football game, Michael David Barrett altered the peephole of her hotel room and filmed her undressing. He uploaded it to the

III. Facts: In Hustler v. Falwell a dispute arose when Hustler Magazine, a a magazine that circulates nationwide featured a parody of an advertisement for Campari Liqueur. The inside front cover of the magazine presented interviews with celebrities who described their “first time.” One of the parodies belonged to Jerry Falwell, a nationally acclaimed minister who was featured as describing his “first time” with his mother when they were both intoxicated from drinking Campari Liqueur. While the interviews with the celebrities contained a double sexual reference, it was evident in the end that the ads were referring to the first time the celebrities had tried Campari Liqueur. However, after the magazine was accessible to the public, Jerry Falwell sued Hustler Magazine and its publisher for libel, invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. At trial court the judge dismissed the invasion of privacy claim and then sent the case to the jury where they ruled Hustler Magazine on the claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress and awarded Jerry Falwell $150,000. The case was then taken to the Supreme Court level on appeal by the petitioner, Jerry Falwell.

That being said, the response to when incidents like this occur, will say a lot about the ethical code and credibility of the business involved. The apology letter released by BuzzFeed in the case of Johnson could be considered a proper response from an ethical standpoint. Every article that was plagiarized was released for total transparency. A response like this is good for keeping an ethical code. There is a list of ethical codes listed in the textbook Communicating Ethically (Neher, Sandin P.) that provides a list of common ethical concerns in mass communication. In order to

Case Summary: Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003) involved a white Michigan resident named Barbara Grutter and the University of Michigan Law School. Grutter was frustrated by her rejection from the Law School, claiming that the University’s decision was due to a discriminatory admission policy which sought to enroll greater amounts of underrepresented minority students. Grutter believed that white candidates possessed a disadvantage due to this policy and she sued the university. According to Grutter, race was the “predominate factor” in selecting applicants instead of academics. She argued that the policy was unconstitutional and that it violated her 14th Amendment rights.

Furthermore, as Gawker Media LLC an online media company and blog network wrote an article about a media CFO who was allegedly soliciting sex from a gay porn

The case is a perfect case that presents an ethical dilemma. It is actually a resource used by the Society of Professional Journalism (SPJ) to help foster debate and discussion on such an ethical dilemma. The case involves the American magazine Rolling Stone that focuses on pop culture and also English Indie pop due “The Ting Tings.” The case occurred in 2012 when 10 songs from their album were leaked online, according to the SPJ. Where the dilemma arises is in the fact that Rolling Stone quickly covered the story on their online platform and included a link to the leaked music.

In May of 2011, a risque photo of Democratic Congressman, Anthony Weiner, appeared for a short period of time on the man 's Twitter account before begin hastily removed by the man 's public relations representative. The photo and incident were later reported and described to the public by Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, causing the story to go viral. In response, Weiner told reporters that a hacker had gotten into his account and posted the photo as a farce and even went as far as hiring an

Judith Griggs, the editor of Cooks Source magazine, had published a piece on apple pie that was written by Monica Gaudio, a food blogger, without Monica’s permission. When Monica found out, she believed it was an accident and asked Judith for an apology and a donation of $130 to the Columbia School of Journalism. However, Judith, who believed that everything on the internet was public domain, gave Monica a half- hearted apology and refused to pay the money. As if that wasn’t enough, she proceeded to say that Monica was being unprofessional and should have been thankful that her story is so much better than how it originally was. Once the public found out about the incident, they started to write malicious comments on social media that

Throughout a journalist’s career, it is probable that he or she experiences an ethical dilemma or two. It is the journalist’s job responsibility to do everything in his or her power to make the news as accurate and honest as possible. In the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, the main ethical issue that occurred was the KVWN Channel 4 News’ sudden rehiring of Ron Burgundy after he had been fired. Burgundy should not have been allowed to return because of the negative impact that he made on the audience after he said, “Go fuck yourself San Diego” at the end of a newscast.

In the magazine, “Spice-it-up”, the nude photos of the plaintiffs were published, and was captioned “celebs these days have become so open” on the cover.