Exam 14: Media Ethics: Truthfulness, Fairness, and Standards of Decency

In a brief essay,discuss why representation matters in the entertainment industry.How does the presence of women and people of color change the types of stories being told and how successful movies and other entertainment are?

When the British tabloid newspaper the News of the World hacked into a kidnapped and murdered girl's phone so they could better report on the story,they were engaged in ______.

The concept of "tabloid laundering" means which of the following?

Advertisers exert control over media outlets by doing which of the following?

More than 40 sponsors left Rush Limbaugh's popular radio show in 2012 when Limbaugh ______.

Kant said that people have the ability to reason and so are obliged to act in a moral way.

What is John Rawls's veil of ignorance?

List at least one of the functions of a news organization's ombudsman.

Having a code of ethics will protect the news organization from charges of misconduct.

What is Kant's categorical imperative?

Kant's "categorical imperative" said which of the following?

Stephen Glass was able to get away with fabrications in his stories for which of the following reasons?

Which of the following advertisers would be held to the highest standard of truthfulness?

List two reasons a journalistic code of ethics might be ineffective.

The public relations firm of Hill and Knowlton was controversial in the 1990s for which of the following?

The term morals means which of the following?

The term ethics means which of the following?

According to Sissela Bok,the greatest wrong with lying is an attempt to "make someone believe what we ourselves do not believe."

What are the three central principles of the Society of Professional Journalists' code of ethics?

Which of the following newspapers caused a great deal of controversy for running a computer-manipulated photo that showed prostitutes in Cuba soliciting tourists while police looked on?