66-207 Contemporary Media Ethics

1 units, Carnegie Mellon University

At the heart of the American civic debate in the Trump years is the question or press ethics. But in truth questions of ethics have been central in the news business for generations. For three sessions two seminars and a roundtable discussion questions of press ethics will be examined in detail through case studies of episodes where important issues were at stake. Many of the examples will be from the instructors own professional experience. There will be minimal outofclass work no more than about 30 minutes for the entire course.

Prerequisites: none listed

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