Class highlights

I took this class to fulfill a GE requirement that I needed. However, I am very grateful I did because it totally broadened my senses of mass media and its impact on myself as well as the people around me. It's obvious to see the tools available to us, but from analyzing these tools we have at our disposal in class and seeing the way media has affected and will continue to affect our lives was something I would never have thought about had I not taken this class. Before I took this class, I think I had a slight understanding of the impacts of media and the first amendment. However, now I can say that my understanding has broadened so much and I can even see the different effects that each type of media delivers. Also, after watching the first amendment and looking at cases involving the first amendment, I've learned just how important it really is for anyone involved in any type of media and the freedom it grants us. I definitely do not regret taking this class and it was great that I took it with people and a professor that made the class fun and interesting!

Media Ethics/Law

The article I found in regards to media ethics involved a seminar in Cairo, hosted by the Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) and the Egypt Media Development Program (EMDP). Experts from Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Norway Britain, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco, and Jordan. The issue revolved around proper training of journalists to avoid Hate Speech in media involving the middle east. I think this an important issue because of the crisis in the middle east involving ISIS and because of the negative stigma associated with the middle east fueled by western (mainly the United States) news.

Seminar in Cairo