Overview
Description
Systematic consideration of moral issues in the practice of mass communication.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Journalism major or minor.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Journalism major or minor.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO12
Restrictions
Journalism major or minor.
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate critical thinking and anticipate, identify, and resolve matters of ethics and credibility.
- express ethically sound rationale for decision-making and exhibit awareness of alternative views and impacts on stakeholders.
- demonstrate an understanding of media ethics history, the role of codes, current events, and professional principles such as truth, accuracy, fairness, and credibility.
- demonstrate an understanding of diversity’s impact on the credibility and civic purpose of professional media practice, as well as knowledge and skills to incorporate multiple perspectives and represent diverse stakeholders equitably and accurately.