...The Ethics of Social Media – Part I: Adjusting to a 24/7 World Posted by admin2 • December 14, 2010 • Printer-friendly This is the first of a two-part series. The second part is available here. by James Hyatt So your company hasn't had an OMG moment over Facebook ethics? As they say, Good Luck With That. It has been almost a decade since Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the wake of the Enron, Tyco and WorldCom scandals, seeking to put in place a variety of measures to protect investors and address standards of behavior. Over the years, once-controversial practices about disclosure and ethics have become generally accepted standards. But the social media explosion - from email and Facebook to blogs and Twitter – is making a hash of once-resolved issues and creating all kinds of new dilemmas. --Businesses have less and less control over how they communicate with the public, while 24-7 bloggers feel free to snipe away. --Job seekers find their private lives may no longer be private and employees worry that the boss is electronically looking over their shoulders. --Consumers can't be sure their account information remains safe and have no way to tell whether favorable on-line comments about products and businesses are legitimate. --Professionals of all sorts -- psychiatrists, attorneys, school teachers, reporters, and even NFL players – are learning to live with new, often controversial, social media rules. A customer's irate blog can undo months and years of...
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...Luke Piatek Compare and Contrast Codes of Ethics November 5, 2012 The codes of ethics for journalists, broadcasters, advertising industry professionals and public relations professionals are related in that they outline the accepted behavior of media professionals. However, apart from that, each group has its own issues and concerns unique to the branch of the media they work in. And these guidelines are more like suggestions in that they cannot be legally enforced. The First Amendment guarantees freedom for media professionals to stray from the suggestions in each code and they often do. The Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics is the most comprehensive and detailed of the four. It covers acceptable behavior for all types of stories and many different subjects. It is also the most idealistic in that it clearly states that the role of a journalist is to be the foundation for democracy and to inform the public in order for citizens to make educated choices. Because the goals of the SPJ code are the most idealistic and high minded, I believe it is also the code that is broken the most. Because the code encourages fair and unbiased reporting and protection of innocent subjects, it can be argued that many journalists’ sole purpose is to break the code or else they would be fired. With news outlets that cater to partisan politics and tabloids that thrive on sensationalist stories, the code is bound to be broken. Even with so called straight news wires, human bias...
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...Spain Guaranteed Constitutional Rights Honor Personal and Family Privacy One’s Own Image Legislation Right of Rectification & Reply—Free—Within six days Right to Information and Its Limits Limitations in Law—Honor, Privacy, Self-Image, Protection of Young People & Children, and Official Secrets (Obligated to Comply) Netherlands Substantial Freedom Little Regulation or Control of the Media via Constitutional or Legislative Mandates Religious and Political Organizations Have to some extent their own media outlets (newspapers, radio, etc.) and their own ethical standards Nigeria Nigerian Union of Journalists Trade Union and Professional Association Code of Ethics—Emphasis upon Truth Telling Loyalty to one’s ethnic group is strong Journalists may accept gifts as long as the gifts do not appear to compromise their reporting Press Council--Power to take newspapers and broadcasters who do not comply to the High Court for legal action Australia Education—Option to skip college and work in a four-year apprenticeship program for journalists or attend a university instead. Common Law—The Australian Press Council hears many cases and has developed a kind of common law for journalists with many ethical guidelines. Freedom—You do not have a constitutional guarantee of press freedom. Journalists are more careful than in the...
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...Social Media’s Impact on Business Ethics Introduction: The discussion of ethical problems associated with social media in the workplace is a relatively new occurrence. Approximately ten years ago technology entered a new phase evolving from the internet and email to an entirely different era (Ramos-Hernadez, 2007). Suddenly people who normally worked a 9 to 5 shift leaving work to transition into their personal lives. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and Flicker to name a few changed all of that (Ramos-Hernadez, 2007). People who ordinarily kept a strict barrier between the two worlds were putting all sorts of their personal information out in the open for all to see. The data for all to see included not only the intended recipients, but their employers or most important perspective employers. Horror stories immediately started to pop up all over the world. People were being fired because their boss saw vacation pictures from Cabo when you had taken time to go see your ailing grandmother. The pictures from your freshman year in college showed up on a friends account and subsequently took you out of the running for your dream job or promotion. The technology literally erased any expectation of keeping your business and personal lives separate if you chose to participate in social media circles. New Employee Categories Recent studies have been led by the Ethics Resource Center (ERC) one of the oldest non-profit organizations in the U.S. that has historically been dedicated...
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...ETHICS IN MEDIA REPORTING DURING ELECTIONS Elections are the core of democracy. Media plays a significant role in informing the people the people about the political parties, leaders, their good side and their bad side. Their reports have a critical role in making the people choose a right person. But sometimes, some form of media fail to realize its responsibility but rather biased towards one or more political parties which results in choosing a wrong leader to rule the nation due to ignorance and faulty opinions. Not only this, media also has the responsibility to make the citizens know about the norms and regulations of elections, but most of the media reports fail to do that but only covers the political scenario, which keeps the citizen ignorant and results in less and false votes. And also the expected election reports published by the media which were paid by the political parties most of the time also creates a significant change in the mentality of the citizens. Media should therefore should make sure that it always portrays the actual and true information especially during elections for the betterment of people and the nation Democracy means right to freely express diverse opinions, and on the votes of well-informed...
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...Ethics in Social Network Marketing Nowadays everyone is connected to the web, whether its through social media, email, and or blog. All of us on a daily basis see or come across an advertisement whether we like it or not. Now the question arises what is ethical in media world of marketing? Whats wrong? Whats right? “It pays to have integrity.” This quote by David is the key and the answer to these questions. First thing you want to acknowledge is how you want to be seen as a person or the company you represent. People want that fast dollar and don’t want to put in the work to really build a relationship with its community, like David Skul says “when you embark on a social network marketing campaign…you are joining a community.” I can’t tell you how much I dislike spam and non targeted marketing. Believe or not there is a lot of money in that type of marketing, its unbelievable. Popular and high traffic websites like Facebook and the rookie Instagram are being used primarily to push out millions of spam and advertisements. It’s so OUT OF CONTROL. Everything is out of order in the media world when it comes to marketing. Its a free for all and people are taking advantage of it. Wheres the integrity? When you join a community “you need to participate as a member…” In order to be a successful marketer you need to take the time to communicate with your audience and build a relationship. Also knowing pop culture, whats trending? whats not? what do people like? what interests them...
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...3 online documents/links representing their efforts http://www.victoriassecret.com/pink/choose-your-school http://www.victoriassecret.com/pink/bedding-dorm http://pink.victoriassecret.com/pinknation-campus-reps A commercial for that brand that targets youth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWsQOh6Ukbs When I think college school spirit gear, I think of baggy sweatpants with the school's name written in giant letters along the leg, over-sized sweatshirts that most people seem to disappear into, those little drawstring backpacks that you can't really fit much into, and everyone's favorite, the heavy t-shirt covered in the names of the local restaurants that paid for those shirts to be made in the first place. Little did I know, there are actually tons of other options for collegiate gear outside of your school's bookstore. According to MrYouth_ClassOf2015_TheNewCollegeOrientation reading, “On the heels of college acceptance, students are exploding with school spirit. This is a deep-rooted and meaningful school spirit, representing their sense of pride and accomplishment. College acceptance represents the culmination of everything they have worked for their entire lives. It represents their future, both short- and long-term. These students’ sense of pride in their school is really their sense of pride in themselves.” It’s nothing new younger girls have always wanted to copy the styles they see on their teenaged siblings, neighbors or cousins. They want to be older, and...
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...could be seen one day in Thailand. Firstly, it will remind us the significant power of media in the present world and explain how people who relate to the process of generating the media unexpectedly support the paparazzi initiation in the media world. Furthermore the report will reveal the origin of the word “paparazzi” that was released first time in Italy and shortly expanded across the country in the negative terms. Then it will refer to some of apparently violent cases from the celebrities who became unfortunate victims of paparazzi; Princess Diana and Catherine Zeta Jones with her husband – Michael Douglas. It will then talk about the media ethics, moral, the definition of privacy and human rights, including show the conflict of celebrities privacy and public rights to know the celebrities lives. Lastly this report will offer the idea of the paparazzi motivation of who support their actions; the readers, the media commercial agency and paparazzi themselves. The Media Power in the Present World In the modern world we are undeniable against the media power in the present world which nearly absolutely influence on our life and society. Everyday we get the instant information from all over the world through media; newspaper, magazine, television, and Internet. The media already globalize industry, which provided us the interesting and updated news in our society. The information that the media give us is necessary for our daily life and the future life decision. We watch television...
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...Something needs to be done about the media, and all the violence that is promoted, and being viewed by our youth all over the world. The media has no regard for our youth, and the influence they have on them. In my opinion, it is all about the money, and the ratings. There is a bigger issue out there besides both of those things. Our youth is being exposed to so much violence; they are becoming immune to it. Today, it is the norm for them. All media is to blame, but in my opinion, electronic media is the biggest culprit. The youth of today are being consumed by all types of electronic devices. Violence is big business in the media. No matter if it is Facebook, YouTube, music on an IPod, internet radio, MySpace, or any other of the sites on the internet or electronic devices, violence is present in some way or another. There are youth out there in society that are committing heinous violent acts, just for the fun of it. What I want to know is when did violence become fun? Kids listen to gangster rap, and believe everything they hear. (Dawursk Jr 2007) In 1994, two teenagers that murdered a police officer from Milwaukee, stated, they did it “just for the fun of it”, because they were influenced by “2Pacalypes Now”, a song by @ Pac Shakur. Everywhere you look, there is a kid walking with some type of electronic device, with ear plugs on. (International Telecommunication Union) In 2008 61% of the world population uses cell phones, in 2000 only 12% used cell phones. The cell phones...
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...1. What communication type avoids conflict and focuses on facts and details rather than the big picture? They may be perceived by others as unemotional and nonchalant. • Argumentatives • Sympathetics • Systematics • Directs 2. A criticism of social media is that it • is only available to the media savvy. • contributes to the decline in writing and language skills. • leads to separation of the haves and have-nots. • leads to information overload 3. In Korean culture, a business deal is dependent on contractual information as well as how the parties perceive each other’s values and ethics. According to Edmund Hall, this behavior exhibits the theory of • proxemics • low-context cultures • Ethno-centricism • high-context cultures 4. Your supervisor sends you an e-mail requesting an article for the employee newsletter about company loyalty. You write the article featuring customers who are brand loyal. Later, your supervisor criticizes you for not writing about the topic that he requested. After a face-to-face meeting, you realize that he wanted you to write about employee loyalty. This is an example of what type of noise? • Unwanted • External • Semantic • Internal Want more details? Download now COM 537 Final Exam 5. The head of the holiday party committee at your office is trying to set a location for the event. The committee chairperson announces three choices for members to vote on. When Erin hears that the Boar’s Tavern is one of the choices, her...
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...Technology affects diversity just as diversity affect communication according to Shachaf (2008). “Results suggested that cultural diversity had a positive influence on decision-making and a negative influence on communication. ICT mitigated the negative impact on intercultural communication and supported the positive impact on decision-making. Effective technologies for intercultural communication included e-mail, teleconferencing combined with e-Meetings, and team rooms. Cultural diversity influenced selection of the communication media”(page 1). All is not lost. If used correctly and ethically, technology can help communications as much as diversity may harm communications. Ethics The philosophical study of right or wrong, creating recommendations on how to apply the concepts and their recommendations are the core concepts of what we call ethics. The importance of ethics communication is as straightforward as they are important. The application of ethics...
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...Social Media Responsibilities Jana Keeley Hum/186 June 05, 2012 Tanny Rodriguez Responsibilities of news media include providing the society a truthful, objectives and balanced news and information while respecting the secrecy of issues related to national security. Known tasks of journalists in the entertainment media are In the social responsibility theory of the press, the media is driven to benefit the public. It expects journalists to answer society's need for truth, requires an open and diverse debate on public issues, and honest updates of current events. In this model, media ethics is automatic because the press is free to serve its purpose for the public, as opposed to special interest groups or advertisers( referenced below). Another condition of the social responsibility model, is that news reporting cannot be dependent on groups that may encourage bias and unethical practices in exchange for financial support catchy headlines which directly affect civilians. The public learns about government and politics primarily through television and nationwide newspapers. The media has a choice of which stories to cover. Recent studies prove the exposures can have a sizeable impact in shaping the public’s view on politics. Media coverage shapes attitudes and behaviors related to judging ones capabilities of running for office. It’s a known fact that citizens often times seek out information that agrees with their pre-existing views. People will relate with a politician...
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...The authors argue that much of the violence in sport today involves overconformity to the norms of the sport ethic. This contradicts arguments stating that commercialization and the media are the main causes of violence in sports today. Which side do you agree with and why? Although the media contributes to instigating violence, it is not the main cause of violence in sports today for several reasons. Firstly, Athletes use media to promote themselves. Due to television being the main way of communication, people use it as a way to become famous. They want to show their abilities to the public in order to gain recognition and acceptances of fans and other athletes. I believe that overconformity of violence is some of the way that athletes increase their popularity, so that they can become legends on and off the field. One of the reason that society attribute good values to athletes who do that. “He is courageous, he sacrifices himself for the team, he plays with injuries, He tackles like a man”, are some of the comments from the public who created that image of sports. In addition, athletes are benefited if they follow that conception. Because of the media coverage, they will be contracted by great sport clubs, and they will be recognized as a true professional player. The society already gave meaning to sports, so the media transmits and shows what people want to see. Secondly, part of the violence is attributed to some gender ideology. Nowadays, a great part of the population...
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...American culture relies heavily on media, and that is not as valuable to learning as literature. I completely agree. It stated that an American child from age five to age eighteen has viewed over 20,000 hours of television and electronic media. That is an abundant amount of time spent doing that opposed to spending time doing homework and studying. There needs to be more of a balance in the use of electronic curriculum and traditional curriculum. I know that when I was a child, my family didn’t even have cable, so it was a real treat when I would get to watch a movie, or any television on the non-cable channels. My family pushed the importance of reading books, and figuring out the message in everything I read. Television and media is making us lazy. We rely too much on electronics to do the work for us. Television requires very little brain activity, which is why when we watch it, we tend to zone out, or easily forget what was just said. When watching television we only tap into the emotional side of our brain, and never think logically. Everything we learn from television goes into our short-term memory, but when we use traditional curriculum, we have to think and comprehend everything, which goes into our long-term memory. For me personally, I am a much better learner when I have to read and comprehend something on my own. To summarize, people are becoming more dependent on electronics. If we start to think on our own, without the help of the media, we will become better cognitive...
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...Also the difference in communication processes used in this crisis situation. The potential advantages and challenges associated with communicating within the organization. You will also read about the different media opportunities during the management crisis. As a director of a regional Emergency Management Office I have been receiving reports that the public water supplies of several towns in the area have become contaminated with life threating biological agents. It is my duty to address this to the organizations without causing a panic. I will allow one spoke’s person to talk about the crisis and answer any question. This spoke’s person will tell the truth and the facts and do it in a fast manner. I will also form a crisis team; the team will involve individuals who are the key to the crisis. Once the team is formed each team member will be educated on his or her responsibilities. I will also have the spokes person schedule a press conference with the media to inform the public what is going on. Also the spokes person will be someone who is comfortable in front of a TV and with reporters. I will also ask the Governor and Director of the Water Waste Manger to attend the press conference. I will take lead of the proper use of proper technology for instance social media, affecting communication throughout this crisis...
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