"Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their clichés" (Eugène Ionesco).

Professional Codes of Ethics

• Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
• American Advertising Federation Advertising Ethics and Principles
• Public Relations Society of America Code of Ethics

Books

• Clifford Christians et al. Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning.
• Louis Day. Ethics in Media Communication: Cases and Controversies.
• Philp Patterson and Lee Wilkins. Media Ethics: Issues and Cases.

General Resources

• Analyzing Ethical Issues
• Bill Moyers Journal
• Center for Media Literacy
• Columbia Journalism Review
• IFC Media Project
• Indiana University School of Journalism
• Institute for Global Ethics
  
• Media Education Lab
• Media Ethics: Guericke
• Media Ethics: WWW Resources
• Media Watch
• Project Censored
• Poynter Online
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Commodifying Communication
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Communications Decency Act Commentary (Beware: mature content!)

Other Resources

Some useful reasearch and writing tools can be found here.

A sample essay assignment and some sample student essays can be found here.

©Copyright 2010 Ben Mulvey, All Rights Reserved
Site design Template Central