Law and Ethics

5 Freedoms of First Ammendment

-Speech
-Press
-Religion
-Petition
-Assembly



-Tinker Standard (Tinker vs. Des Moines School District 1962)
Students wore black arm bands in 1965 to protest the war.

-Fraser Standard
1986 Inappropriate speech for class president.

-Hazelwood Standard
Affirms that schools can censor speech or writing if it goes against the teaching of the school.

-The Frederick Standard (Morse vs. Frederick 2007)

Students hold up sign in parade that says "Bong Hits for Jesus"
Students were suspended for 10 days.

-Libel and Slander

A false statement of fact aimed toward defaming a person and their integrity.

Journalism Notes

Definition:
Define “Journalism” in 1-3 sentences.
Telling of curent events that are newsworthy through Internet, magazines, newspaper, television and radio.


List and describe the six criteria of newsworthiness.


1. Timeliness- Current events, things that are happening now.

2. Significance- Events, something that affects alot people.

3. Unusuallness- Something that is uncommon. Out of the ordinary.

4. Prominence- (people) News that has to do with important and famous people.

5. Proximity- Caring about things that are close to us.

6. Human Interest- Warm fuzzy stories, meant to make the viewer feel good.




What are the advantages of print journalism?
1. Control over when you get he news

2. Control over what kind of news you want to read.

3. The news is alot more in depth and has more information in print.


What are the advantages of broadcast journalism?

1. Video brings alot more to life, more engaging for the audience.

2. Video news is up-to-date.

3. More accecsibility


Why has online journalism (convergent media) become so popular?

Online news is the best of both worlds, its accessible and has print, and video and pictures.