2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHI 366 - Journalism Ethics


What ethical standards should guide journalists? With the proliferation of media, the speedy of communications, the need for a global vision and understand across cultures, how should journalists respond to pressures for information, meet legal obligations, and interact with the people and places in their work? This course will use the lens of philosophical ethics to explore concrete ethical issues that emerge in journalism: Issues such as privacy, the concept of public trust, a commitment to truth, objectivity vs. involvement.

1 semester. 3 credits.