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#Ethics in an Age of Social Media & Public Conversations | Deirdre Breakenridge

#Ethics in an Age of Social Media & Public Conversations | Deirdre Breakenridge | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

In an age of public conversations, ethical decision making and accurate communications are top of mind for the PR professional. With the public accessing social media for their news and information, the topic of ethics is even more prominent.


The major professional associations provide a Code of Ethics to educate and guide PR professionals on the subject. However, with the shifting media landscape and technology advancing rapidly, communications ethics are challenged....

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Are ethics keeping up in the age of social media? It's a big question that deserves close attention by PR and social media professionals.

Ashleigh Dawley's curator insight, September 30, 2013 4:22 PM

Really loves how this article addresses the idea of ethics in our media driven society. Not only has this become an issue  in more recept years because literally EVERYTHING can end up online, but also how we can address. Because conversations have become more and more public, the idea  of how that has changed how we view ethics needs to be revisited.

Shelby Stephens's curator insight, October 1, 2013 6:47 PM

An article that connects two of our future course concepts about ethics and social media.

Bryce Wettstein's curator insight, October 28, 2013 2:16 AM

This article involved a interview with Dr. Shannon Bowen, an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina. She talks about how it is becoming increasingly more important in this age of social media to be conscious about how ethical we as a society need to be regarding posts on social media. It mentions that we need to consider three angles: "responsibility to moral principle, maintaining the dignity and respect of all publics, and proceeding with good intentions."

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The Most Powerful Word in Public Relations and Journalism

Ethics: The rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.

 

This small six-letter word packs a whole lot of meaning behind it, particularly in the PR and journalism world....

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