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Social Responsibility of Journalism & Media: The WikiLeaks Controversy

Social Responsibility of Journalism & Media: The WikiLeaks Controversy. Professor Eric Freedman 29 September 2011 freedma5@msu.edu Ericinlithuania.wordpress.com. Common Themes. Professional ethical standards in theory and in practice.

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Social Responsibility of Journalism & Media: The WikiLeaks Controversy

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  1. Social Responsibility of Journalism & Media: The WikiLeaks Controversy Professor Eric Freedman 29 September 2011 freedma5@msu.edu Ericinlithuania.wordpress.com

  2. Common Themes • Professional ethical standards in theory and in practice. • Conflicts between multiple roles of journalists as professionals & citizens. • Impact of changing communication technologies & economic models on ethical practices.

  3. Lecture Outline • Background on WikiLeaks, Julian Assange & leaked documents • Ethical & legal questions • Political factors • Competing values of “free flow of information,” national interests and government secrets • Reactions to the leaks • WikiLeaks & Arab Spring • Is WikiLeaks a journalistic organization? • Other issues

  4. Julian Assange

  5. Revolution Truth: In Defense of WikiLeaks & Assange www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd0Z4G8V1uo

  6. President Dalia Grybauskaite & U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

  7. Lithuania in WikiLeaks • “President Dalia Grybauskaite intervened to prevent the transfer of inmates to Guantanamo” • “NATO has developed a contingency plan for the Baltic states”

  8. Angry Response: Chief Minister Mayawati of India’s Uttar Pradesh state www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5MbAEBHuoc

  9. Highlighting Contradictory Positions on Issues: Climate Change www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1eL3_Q4aVY

  10. U.S. Newspaper Editorial Cartoon

  11. “Cuba will translate and publish more than 2,000 US diplomatic WikiLeaks cables that pertain to the Communist-ruled island in a bid to highlight US ‘imperialist’ policy.”

  12. Scenes from the Arab Spring

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