explain what the paper was about.  What was the research question?  What hypotheses did the authors test?  How did they test their hypothesis (that is, what did they do?) and what were the results? 

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Write a 750- to 1,100-word paper that contrasts ethically responsible and irresponsible news reporting.

Answer the following questions:

  • What is journalism’s ethical responsibility to society?
  • When, if ever, is deception permissible in journalism?
  • What ethical obligations do reporters have to their sources?
  • Under what conditions is a journalist ethically obligated to maintain privacy?

Illustrate your response to each question with at least two examples: one example of ethically responsible reporting and another example of ethically irresponsible reporting.

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Consider the following:

  • Consider using contrasting examples of coverage of the same issue to highlight differences between journalistic practices that are ethically responsible and irresponsible. You may use case studies from any of the assigned chapters of Media Ethics, or you may conduct external research using popular news sources, issues, and coverage.
  • Remember that this assignment asks you to compare different approaches to news reporting; sources that simply provide opinion or commentary should not be used as examples.

Reference at least two peer-reviewed articles.

explain what the paper was about.  What was the research question?  What hypotheses did the authors test?  How did they test their hypothesis (that is, what did they do?) and what were the results?  What do they think their results mean?  Be sure to focus only on the essential information—you can assume that I have read the paper and know the details.

Did the authors convince you that their research question is important and that their hypotheses are meaningfully related to their research question? Why or why not?

What do you think about the interpretations of the data and the associated conclusions the authors draw? Are there additional experiments that you think would be relevant and interesting for future investigations?

Article evaluations should be no longer than 1 page, single-spaced