week5: ethics of the alternative media worker #mc539

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Last week

• Who are the alternative media workers?

• Where does your project fit?

• Begin to form a manifesto

• Talk from social enterprise funder - 1pm

By now...

• Researched a need / located a “problem”:

• need

• opportunity

• (funding)

• outcomes

• Draft manifesto

Coming up...

• By week 6:

• be ready to begin “production”

• By week 9:

• present your work to class

• By week 11:

• be ready to write up your work

That means...

• Start collating and organising work now

• assignment 1 portfolio - continue this into assignment 2

• consider recording interviews

• ask for permission / explain context

• Think about follow up primary research

On reflection...

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This Week

• Regulation

• Law

• Ethics

Learning Objectives

• Know that all media work is influenced by regulation, ethics & moral decisions

• Understand specific ethical & moral considerations within alternative media

• Be able to audit ethical & moral issues in your project

laws & ethics

What laws govern media workers?

Which laws govern alternative media

workers?

Task: line-up

Ethics: self-regulation

What is the purpose of self regulation?

Code of Practice

PCC for alternative media workers?

Internet ethics?

Alternative ethics?

Your own moral compass

Task: the ICC

Directed Study

• Audit your proposal for regulatory and ethical issues. Show that you have considered:

• regulations e.g. child protection & privacy

• ethical considerations, in an alternative context e.g. the money question

Learning Objectives

• Know that all media work is influenced by regulation, ethics & moral decisions

• Understand specific ethical & moral considerations within alternative media

• Be able to audit ethical & moral issues in your project