The Arab Spring has not held back the Middle-Eastern countries to act against the freedom of their own citizens. Before the revolutionary movements in August, Saudi Arabia decided to ban Blackberry services for internet and instant messaging because they were concerned that such communications are encrypted and cannot be monitored. After their shocking decision, The [...]
I am proud of people who can change the world without being intimidated. Sonia Faleiro lived for 24 years in New Delhi, a city where sexual harassment is as regular as mealtime. As a teenager she tried to protect herself because she had ambivalent feelings towards the people there. She wanted to stay away from [...]
In my opinion the media is not responsible to cover every event or incident that happens, instead the public’s interest should be the judge of selecting the type of news that the media should be publishing and sharing. The newspapers, TV shows or other devices that are connected to media, should only be covering news [...]
If a media organization distorts news according to its economical and political interests, we can absolutely be sure that that certain media organization is not reliable. However, if the biased articles of a media organization are classified as “Op-Ed” and there are articles from various opinions, then this should not be labeled as “partisan activism.” [...]
Media world is full of conflicts of interests. At one side, media organizations are supposed to inform the people with accurate information however; they also have to make money in order not to go bankrupt and keep on distributing the news to the people. In addition governments are also affecting the media’s choices greatly by [...]
I feel that the media should tell the entire story, and not the “screen voices.” This is important because in my opinion it is media’s and journalists’ duty to present all sides of a story. However, this is becoming more obsolete in the age of modern technology. The Internet, to a large degree has allowed [...]
In my opinion, media can screen voices if they have enough evidence to question the both sides of the story. Thus, they are responsible of all the news they encounter. Media’s responsibility is to question the facts that have a benefit the society. In order to cover the story as beneficial as it can be [...]
Citizen journalism consists of people formerly known as ‘’the audience’’ where individuals do what professional reporters do; collect, report, analyze and spread information. In these days, new media such as podcasts, blogs and social networking websites have been making citizen journalism a popular trend. Especially online websites such as Facebook and Twitter create an online [...]
The real question on encountering the news is “Should journalists have opinions?” Remembering journalists that they are humans as well, journalists can have voices of their own and can explain their thoughts. Even though they can express their thoughts, they have the responsibility of reporting all the news. But because of the fact that the [...]
I think citizen journalism which is a new era for online reporting should be encouraged. It should be encouraged because it can report breaking news faster than the traditional news. For example on July 7 2005, “when terrorist bombs exploded on London subway trains and a bus”[1], BBC reporters were stressed to get the news [...]
I do believe that street journalism is a principal aspect of communication due to the fact that a person can spread information swiftly because of Internet. Citizens are a huge contributor to media when they can record and write about everything that is going on around them. If this piece of writing benefits people and [...]
We all see politicians on our televisions or newspapers saying that their opinions about changing the rule to profit the government. It is very common to spot the ones that are lying. But what if the elected president is lying? Then how can this be stopped and how can this occur? First of all, there [...]
Thanks to internet, anybody can be a journalist nowadays. For example if there is a robbery in a bank that is close to me and I record it and put it on Facebook, Twitter, etc., then other people tell others about the news, I fulfill the job of a journalist. Citizen journalism can also be [...]
Moral dilemma is a situation when people have to choose between two choices. Moral dilemmas can be seen in the society and it takes an important place in citizen journalism. Some experiments about this subject has been made in the past and the purpose of these experiments were to determinate the psychology of the people’s [...]
Moral dilemmas are seen everywhere in citizen journalism. The psychological experiments made in the past; (the Holocaust can be an example) are the best situation to introduce the stand. A dilemma is a difficult circumstance or a problem where you can not choose an alternative choice. A moral dilemma is a situation where a solution [...]
Nowadays, as the technology has improved a lot, it is inevitable to avoid the increasing number of street journalists. Even though the street journalists are generally beneficial for the society and the public interest, sometimes they pass the border and get in to peoples privacy unprofessionally, which creates a bad response towards them. In my [...]
In controversial issues as if the media should screen voices or not, there is never black or white; but a rather grey area of decisions instead. At certain specific topics such as media’s responsibility we should think about the different understandings. Media is definitely responsible to provide accurate information to citizens. Therefore, media should give [...]
When you have to choose to do one of the two coequally unlikeable thing, you have a dilemma. Moral dilemmas are part of our lives. And because of moral dilemmas, taking decisions are more difficult. Actually we have moral dilemmas everyday, everywhere, but we don’t recognize them. A moral dilemma confuses our mind. We can’t [...]
Media is the only source through which the public can learn what is going on around it and in the world. Media has the power to shape the public’s way of thinking and thus it is very important that news should be objective. It is the media’s responsibility to give all the worthy news it [...]
The business world has experienced very important events and changes in the last month. Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook has announced that Apple is interested in moving one of its mac lines back to US. In addition, HSBC was fined 1.92 billion dollars due to illegal money laundering to a drug smuggling group. Lastly, countries [...]
A Contemporary Ethical Dilemma in Journalism In 2005, the conservative Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons of which most depicted Islam’s prophet Muhammad. In the explanatory text of the 12 cartoons, Jyllands-Posten’s culture editor, Flemming Rose, wrote, “The modern, secular society is rejected by some Muslims. They demand a special position, insisting on special [...]
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