Ethical Issues and the Media

Catalog description

This course examines several approaches to ethics and applies them to some issues connected to the media (newspapers, magazines, television, radio, movies, and the internet) and society. Some of the specific issues investigated relate to truth, objectivity, advertising, privacy, and public relations. The main course objectives are developing the student’s ability to understand and morally evaluate media cases and working out a consistent, reasoned moral viewpoint related to the media.