Publication Issues #1
Publication of truthful information concerning the private life of a person that would be highly offensive
Public disclosure
A system of moral principles
What is ethics?
This court case resulted in students winning a lawsuit against a school district that prevented them from wearing arm bands in protest of the Vietnam War.
Tinker vs. Des Moines
References to real people in fictitious articles or in works of fiction where the identities are disguised.
Fictionalization
To show sensitivity in what you report
Good taste
Written defamation
Libel
The action of damaging someone's good reputation
Defamation
This court case upheld the first amendment in which protected the newspapers even though there may be false information, unless actual malice has been proven
New York Times vs. Sullivan
When information is published about a person that is false.
False light
Journalists must be honest with all they come in contact with
Fairness to all
Privacy is invaded by someone intentionally
Intrusion
Taking another's writings or inventions as your own
Plagiarism
This court case determined that school is NOT an open forum and is therefore restricted in terms of what student journalists can publish
Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier.
The addition of false material about a person to a story
Embellishment
To indicate where the information came from
Attribution
Damaging false statement that is spoken
Slander
Censorship banning the publication of certain material
Prior Restraint
Use a person's likeness or name for advertising purposes without consent
Appropriation
Objectivity
An act, utterance, or item tending to corrupt the public morals by its indecency or lewdness.
Obscenity
Journalism in school
Scholastic journalism
Court ruled that first amendment doesn’t prevent school administrators from restricting student expression in the case of promoting illegal drug use
Morse vs. Frederick
The arrangement of materials or photographs to give a fake impression
Distortion
Must be able to be believed