Last Day of Media Ethics Class (My Reflection Paper)

PROUD TO BE AN ESCOLARIAN

Years run fast, semesters passed by. Now, I am a graduating student of Centro Escolar Universiy- an institution which provided me a high quality of education and build me up to became a better person.

Being an Escolarian is indeed something which I must really be proud of. The knowledge, values, and learning experience since I was in first year college have brought me to another milestone of my journey in life.

Taking up Mass communication major in broadcasting is not as simple as what other people perceived. It really takes a lot of courage and perseverance to attain your goals.

Media Ethics is one of the major subjects which are very beneficial and productive that perhaps an important tool we can apply in real world of work. The subject is not simply about recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. It has to do more with morality as part of human life.

I consider the Framework for Ethical Decision Making as the most important learning I had in this subject. It helped me to recognize different ethical issues, choose an approach and make a decision out of it. It challenges me as an individual to take a stand especially when it actually leads me to confusion. I really have to consider every single aspect of the issue and possible consequences it can have.

With every decision I will make, I always have to ask myself, how can my decision be implemented with the greatest care and attention to those who are concerned? Indeed, life is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.

This learning will be advantageous as I venture to my future career. I know at some point of my life, I really have to go back with the principles I learned from CEU and use it as my instrument in being a knowledgeable and virtuous employee.

With that, I want to give emphasis that it is not just the matter of the grades we earned, but instead, it’s the matter of the lessons we learned.

Every lesson we learned, every activity we made, and every value we shared, we pound it within ourselves and keep it as a tool in facing the future that awaits us.

I am truly proud and honored to be an ESCOLARIAN.

Learning ethics subject at 8th grade?

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?cat=4

Know how important our role to the public

http://www.asianmediacongress.org/Khan-plenary.pdf

Open it. This will surely help you in understanding what our purpose as (future) media practitioners. We should not just focus on enhancing our abilities relating to the field we are in, but also the ability to figure out what we ought to do, what we have to do for the benefit of the public and the whole country. We have to know what our objective first as media practitioner before working it out.

DC Reporter Goes Off Air for a Week after Threats to Children

By: Sydney Smith

March 04, 2012 07:30 PM EST

Andrea McCarren. (Credit: CNN Video via DCist, screenshot)

Washington, D.C. reporter Andrea McCarren stepped off the air for a week after her children were "harassed" over her reports, the Washington Post reported. McCarren had been reporting on air since Feb. 1 about underage drinking for WUSA-9.  In response, "her two teenage children were harassed at school by peers and on Facebook by 'friends,'" according to the Washington Post.  McCarren also received "e-mail and Facebook denunciations" over her reports exposing "how easy it was to buy booze" underage and on teenagers being busted for underage drinking. See here WUSA's special report "Wasted: Young and Using." So, McCarren's next report, on pre-gaming, was broadcast by Derek McGinty and her children "stayed home from school." On Feb. 5, McGinty told viewers about the response to the reports.  McGinty explained that some viewers "have been enraged" even though McCarren didn't "make a mistake" or "report something untrue."  He said:  "They're mad because Andrea McCarren told the truth about some of our kids boozing it up way too young, and now she's on the bad end of some nasty emails and worse. Now as for the angry teenagers, I get it." McCarren explained to the Washington Post: "My kids were targeted. That's where I drew the line."   CBS Newsreported that McCarren was back on the air Feb. 15. McCarren even contacted the police over the reaction to her reporting because of a Facebook post that " asserted that a teen-drinking party was to take place at her house," the Washington Post noted. According to the Washington Post, the station manager, D'Ambrosi, explained that the story is more important than the "individual reporter" and the concern over "the treatment of McCarren's children." McCarren is quoted as telling CBS News that "At first I was frightened and then I became angry. It felt like an orchestrated Facebook and Twitter campaign of hate. People put my home address on the internet. There were calls for revenge and retaliation against my family. I'm now in about my 27th year as a reporter and I have never seen anything like this." The Washington City Paper wrote that it agreed with McCarren's call to "lay low" since her children are involved. However, the City Paper wrote:  "On the larger scale, it's a shame to see a professional silenced by the fact that not just she, but her children, have been subject to bullying." McCarren provided a few reasons why she and the station are following the underage drinking story. For example, she noted that "two months before we confronted that liquor store owner that has been selling for years to minors as young as 14 in plain sight, we brought this to the attention of D.C. Police as well as the Control Board, yet they did nothing and continue not to (take) any action." We wrote in December 2011 when WUSA apologized for and unpublished a story from its website that lifted from the Washington Post. http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8176346044419318960#editor

Trending and most controversial KONY 2012

Interviewing Invisible Children’s CEO After ‘Kony 2012′ Film Goes Viral

By Melissa Knowles | Trending Now

Make Joseph Kony famous. That is the goal of a 30-minute video produced by the nonprofit organization Invisible Children. The video, released just two weeks ago, has already received more than 38 million views and counting between Vimeo and YouTube, and has drawn lots of attention - both good and bad - to its cause. Trending Now spoke with CEO Ben Keesey in an exclusive interview where he gave us an inside look at how the video became so viral so fast, and responded to criticism over the organization's finances and its solutions to the conflict in Uganda.

The documentary follows filmmaker Jason Russell in his pursuit to end the conflict in Uganda by capturing Joseph Kony, the leader of the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, his personal army of kidnapped children.

Invisible Children says that Kony has gone unnoticed for his crimes against humanity because the American government does not see him as a direct threat to American foreign policy or interests. Invisible Children feels the injustice against the children has gone on for far too long, and the group wants to put a stop to it.

The organization decided to raise Kony's international profile so American politicians would take notice. The goal is to make Joseph Kony famous through making the documentary and having everyone possible, primarily college students, share the story of the tragedies. Using social media, word of mouth, posters and awareness rallies, Invisible Children has aimed to have Kony captured by the end of 2012 and to restore peace and prosperity to communities in Central Africa.

While awareness and support of the Invisible Children's movement has increased by the millions, it has been met with some controversy, including accusations that the organization is providing an idealistic and overly simplistic solution to an incredibly complex problem. Some have also pointed out that there are other people committing crimes against humanity and also other countries, like Sudan and Somalia, that are in need of support and funding just as much as Uganda.

In addition, public financial records indicate that only 32 percent of the money raised last year went to direct services to help the children affected by the LRA. The other 68 percent went to things like staff salaries, film production, and travel costs. Plus, even though Invisible Children is advocating for a peaceful resolution in bringing Kony to justice, it is not opposed to direct military intervention.

On Facebook, Invisible Children has more than 2 million likes, and on Twitter more than 320,000[Y1] followers, including celebrities and other influential people. So by the looks of it, the organization is well on its way to making Joseph Kony a household name.

AQUINO COJUANGCO: FACTS THEY DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW

Lahat ng baho ni Marcos, Ramos, Erap at GMA ay naisapubliko na. Maliban lang kay Cory. Dahil nga sa media bias sa ating bansa. dahil ba ito sa mga impluwensya ng pamilya nila? Kinilabutan ako habang pinapanuod ko ito.

Jessica Simpson strikes Demi-esque pose for 'Elle'

LOS ANGELES - A pregnant Jessica Simpson has taken a page from Demi Moore's celebrity playbook in a nude cover photo for the April issue of Elle magazine, and the singer and actress has confirmed the baby will be a girl.

In the cover photo released by the magazine onhi Wednesday, Simpson can be seen covering her breasts with her right arm and hand, and cradling her full abdomen with her left.

She wears rings and dangling earrings, and her blond hair flows over her shoulder and chest.

A photo inside shows Simpson standing as her fiance and the father of her unborn child, pro football player Eric Johnson, kisses her belly.

Simpson, 31, revealed in October that she was pregnant with her first child, after dating Johnson since May 2010.

She first rose to fame at age 19 with her debut album "Sweet Kisses" in 1999. She married singer Nick Lachey of boy band 98 Degrees in 2002, and the two starred together in a reality TV show about being newlyweds. They divorced in 2006.

As it happens, Lachey revealed this week that his current wife, TV personality Vanessa Lachey (formerly Minnillo), is pregnant with the couple's first child.

Simpson's cover photo on Elle is similar to an attention-grabbing nude pose actress Demi Moore, who was pregnant at the time, struck on the cover of Vanity Fair in 1991. The Moore picture taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz caused a controversy at the time, but since then a number of other pregnant stars have posed for similar shots.

The April issue of Elle featuring Simpson officially hits newsstands on March 20. Inside the magazine, she reveals that she is pregnant with a girl, confirming previous speculation.

Simpson, whose most famous acting role was in the 2005 film "The Dukes of Hazard," launched a highly successful clothing, handbag and shoes collection in 2007.

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