Communication: Ethics Assignment

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Review the case histories available from the Society of Professional Journalists available at http://www.spj.org/ethicscasestudies.asp (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Choose one case that you feel is especially relevant in terms of issues that matter to you or that you feel require careful thought and attention by communicators. Prepare a 2-page analysis of the case and answer the following questions:

⊛ What is the case? Offer a brief summary of the case and key points.
⊛ Explain why this case caught your attention.
⊛ What ethical dilemmas were inherent in the case that pertain to mass communication?
⊛ Do you think that this is an important issue for modern communicators?
⊛ Does the power of the digital age affect how this case might unfold in a digital era?

A Guide to General Ethical Principles
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Running Head: MOTIVES OF ANONYMOUS SOURCES

Motives of Anonymous Sources
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The case study ‘Deep Throat, and His Motive’ is the case that intrigues me the most. The
case which discusses the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of American President
Nixon identifies several issues that journalists are faced with when dealing with anonymous
sources. The case study identifies that more attention needs to be put into a sources motive as the
sources motive may not be one that is of integrity. The case study explains the details of how the
FBI played a major role, with a hidden agenda against President Nixon, that ultimately caused
the president to resign (Brown, n.d.). In protecting the source Mark Felt, who was a high ranking
official at the FBI at the time, the case argues that Mark Felt’s decision to speak on Nixon
actions of stealing the Democratic’s party files and bugging their offices was a form of payback
to the president. Mark Felt had been overlooked by President Nixon for nomination as the FBI
Director after J Edgar Hoover and this is said to be one of the r...


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