Social Media Readings
1. This was the problem with a picture published by the BBC News website on its report of the killing of at least 90 people, 32 of them children under the age of 10, in the Syrian region of Houla in May 2012.
What is it had been taken in Iraq almost a decade earlier?
6. SCOTUS ruled schools retain the right to censor certain speech to maintain “shared values of a civilized order” in this case involving a student newspaper.
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier?
2. The commitment to verification as a core ethical values in journalism is represented in this phrase from the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics.
What is to seek the truth and report it fairly?
7. SCOTUS found federal agents violate the Fourth Amendment by allowing representatives of the media to accompany them on the execution of a search warrant in this case.
What is Hanlon v. Berger?
3. This is the journalistic Golern Rule for content news content provided by eyewitnesses (not journalists).
What is try to get hold of the person behind a photo, video, or tweet, preferably on the phone?
8. SCOTUS established this Constitutional right in Glik v. Cuniff.
What iso film the police officer working in a public space?
4. These are the two main difficulties for journalists seeking to detect truthful signals in the noise of social media.
What are the sheer volume of material at times of major news events and the tendency of misinformation to spread faster and wider than corrections?
9. The case New York Times v. Sullivan established this standard for libel of public officials and public figures.
What is actual malice?
5. The reputation of major news organizations, including the BBC, CNN and NPR, took a significant hit in January 2011 when they mistakenly reported the death of this US congresswoman.
Who is Gabrielle Giffords?
10. In "Spotlight," Globe reporter Michael Rezendes a judge questions the ethics of releasing sensitive public documents, but the reporter counters with this statement.
What are the ethics of NOT releasing this information?