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WEEK
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ASSIGNMENT
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1
4/3 & 4/5
Jefferson
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"No government ought to be without censors & where the press is free, no one ever will." —Thomas Jefferson
Monday: Course introduction
Wednesday:
Readings from the Text—Chapter 1: Ethical Responsibility in Human Communication.
Additional Readings—"Ethics in Communication," and the piece on Moral Development Theory.
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Write a brief description (aprox. 350 words) of a point of ethics in communication that is of interest to you.
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2
4/10 & 4/12
Aristotle
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"If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost."—Aristotle
Monday:
Readings from the Text—Chapter 2: Political Perspectives.
Additional Readings—Read the information on Aristotle's Ethics.
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Bring in one example each (any media format) of the use of ethos, pathos, and logos. On a separate sheet of paper, explain your choices.
Wednesday:
Readings from the Text—pp. 278-294.
Readings—"Public Virtue: A Focus for Editorializing about Political Character."
Grading Criteria I : Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the readings for today, including from the text (you may combine your thoughts on these two readings into a single essay of 850 words—approximately 2 1/2 pages).
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3
4/17 & 4/19
Kant
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"Two things fill me with constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more earnestly I reflect on them: the starry heavens without and the moral law within."—Immanuel Kant
Monday:
Readings from the Text—Chapter 3: Human Nature Perspectives.
Additional Readings— Read the information on Kant's moral theory.
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: In a 700-word essay, discuss you're opinion of whether the First Amendment right to freedom of the press does or should qualify as a Kantian catrgorical imperative.
Wednesday:
Readings—"Appreciating W.D. Ross: On Duties and Consequences."
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the reading for today.
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4
4/24 & 4/26
Socrates
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"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."—Socrates
Monday:
Readings from the Text—Chapter 4: Dialogical Perspectives.
Additional Readings—"Implications of Audience Ethics for the Mass Communicator"
Grading Criteria I : Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the reading for today.
Wednesday:
Readings—"Reconsidering Public Relations' Infatuation with Dialogue" and "Jesus and Kant."
Grading Criteria I : Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essays on each of the readings for today.
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5
5/1 & 5/3
Mill
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"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others."—John Stuart Mill
Monday:
Readings from the Text—Chapters 5 & 6: Situational Perspectives, and Religious, Utilitarian, and Legalistic Perspectives.
Additional Readings—"The Journalist and Privacy."
Grading Criteria I : Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the reading for today.
Wednesday:
Readings—"Utilitarianiasm in Communication and Its Discontents."
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the reading for today.
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6
5/8 & 5/10
Dalai Lama
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"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." —The Dalai Lama
Monday:
Readings from the Text—Chapters 5 & 6: Situational Perspectives, and Religious, Utilitarian, and Legalistic Perspectives, continued.
Additional Readings—The Vatican's take on ethics and communication.
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the Day."
Grading Criteria II: In a 700-word essay, discuss which major pionts you agree with and which you disagree with and why. Be prepared to discuss these in class.
Wednesday:
Readings—"A Masochist's Teapot."
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the reading for today.
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7
5/15 & 5/17
Hitler
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8
5/22 & 5/24
Bernays
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"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society."—Edward Bernays
Monday:
Readings from the Text—Chapter 9: Communications in Organizations (Note we are skipping Chapter 8).
Additional Readings—"Responsibility and Accountability"
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the reading for today.
Wednesday:
Readings—"The Tares Test," "Ethics and professional persuasive communications" and "Professional Responsibility and PR."
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the readings for today (you may combine your thoughts on these three readings into a single essay of 1000 words—approximately 3 pages).
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9
5/29 & 5/31
Iwo Jima
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“All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these codes are good, perhaps they’re bad, it’s only evident they’re codes.”—L. Ron Hubbard
Monday: Memorial Day Holiday
Wednesday:
Readings from the Text—Chapter 10: Formal Codes of Ethics
Additional Readings—"The Case Against Media Codes of Ethics," and "Enforcing Media Codes."
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on the readings for today (you may combine your thoughts on these two readings into a single essay of 850 words—approximately 2 1/2 pages).
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10
6/5 & 6/7
Confucius
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"To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness."—Confucius
Monday:
Readings from the Text—Chapters 11 & 12: Feminst Contributions and Intercultural/Multi-cultural Communication.
Additional Readings— "Moral Development Theory," "Care as a Virtue," and "The Ethics of Justice and Care in the American Media" from Poynter Online.
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essay on "Care as a Virtue" only.
Wednesday:
Readings— "Universal Ethical Standards," and "Universal Code of Journalism Ethics."
Grading Criteria I: Bring in "Thoughts for the day."
Grading Criteria II: Essays on the readings for today
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Final's Week
6/12 & 6/16
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Final papers due by 10:15, Tuesday, June 13 |
