Mary Jackson Pitts, Ph.D.
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Mary Jackson Pitts, Ph.D.
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Chapter 14 Outline A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT Early Sentiment for a Free Press Defining and Refining the First Amendment What Does “No Law” Mean? What Is “The Press”? What Is “Abridgment”? Clear and Present Danger Balancing of Interests Free Press versus Fair Trial Libel and Slander Prior Restraint Obscenity and Pornography Media Echoes: Larry Flynt and Protection for Expression We Don’t Like Other Issues of Freedom and Responsibility Indecency Deregulation Using Media to Make a Difference: The Red Lion Decision and the Rights of the Audience Copyright The Internet and Expanding Copyright SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THEORY MEDIA INDUSTRY ETHICS Defining Ethics Three Levels of Ethics Balancing Conflicting Interests Truth and Honesty Privacy Confidentiality Personal Conflict of Interest Profit and Social Responsibility Offensive Content Codes of Ethics and Self-Regulation Cultural Forum: Journalist or American? Media Ethics and 9/11 Developing Media Literacy Skills: Accepting Reports Based on Anonymous Sources Living Media Literacy: Confront and Complain |