Real-World Media Ethics
• Is it ethical to pass yourself off as black if you are Caucasian, as Rachel Dolezal, the president of a local chapter of the NAACP, did in 2015?
• Was it ethical for Donald Sterling, the former NBA team owner, to use racially inflammatory language?
• Is it ethical to exaggerate or fabricate the importance of one’s role, as Brian Williams apparently did when he anchored the NBC nightly news?
• Is it ethical for a journalist to pay a source for a story, tips and photos, as TMZ, Gawker, and others do regularly?
The above questions, among others, clearly illustrate the need for studying ethics.
Real-World Media Ethics provides a wide showcase of real ethical issues faced by professionals in the media field. ...
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