MCOM 4003 - Tiffany Wiley

  Freedom of Information  Freedom of information is often described as the law that keeps citizens involved with their government. Federal agencies are required to disclose any information under the FOIA unless it falls under one of the nine exemptions which protect interest such as personal privacy and national security. This means that the protection of freedom to speech as a right includes not only the content, but also the means of expression. Anyone can make a request for any information no matter your age or where you are located. If the agency has difficulty connecting with the requester, the FOIA requests that it must make at least three good attempts to do so.   There are two distinct types of records in legal custody that is requested by FOIA. They called the Archival and Operational which includes elements such as contracts, employee directories, and personnel records. These requests are processed by The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) .  Public authorit

Global Media Law and Ethics  Universal media ethics promotes and defends values such as a universal respect for life and incorporates the rule of law and legality . It defines and deals with ethical questions about how media should use texts and pictures provided by the citizens. Global ethics range in the are of critical enquiry into the nature and justification of our values and norms. We tend to contain these issues that arise such as world poverty and international aid, environmental problems, peace and security, intervention, and human rights.  As a global population we face pressing challenges and conflicts. For an example we face: climate change public health freedom of expression religious freedom reparations global justice immigration terrorism pollution  Introducing what it is will explain the concept given. In today's society global media is very powerful. It molds how people think, what they do, how they are influenced and how they influence others. With certain expecta

Misinformation, Disinformation, and Fact-Checking:  Mis-Disinformation explained Disinformation are false or inaccurate claims, sources of information, or stories that is deliberately intended to be deceitful. Meanwhile, Misinformation are false or inaccurate claims, sources of information, or stories that are unintentionally delivered. In modern society, today is actually hard not to come across mis and disinformation of some kind rather its political, societal, marketable or even a trend.  Misinformation and disinformation spreads globally very quickly thanks to technology and how advanced it has gotten over the last decade. Due to frequent incidents, it is a very popular topic of debate if big tech companies such as Facebook and Google should be responsible for stopping the spread of misinformation and disinformation. There are problems that occur which motivates us to pick mis and disinformation as the  Word of the Year . Misinformation and disinformation was topped with government

Exploiting News A Chicago tenant has been convicted of first-degree murder for the death of her landlord, who she killed and dismembered after getting served an eviction notice in 2022. After a while of investigating the police reports that on Monday a jury found Sandra Kolalou guilty of murder and multiple other charges, including dismembering a body. She was 37 and arrested October 22 in connection to the death of Frances Walker, a 69-year-old landlord whos' body was found in the freezer. After the police spoke with a tow truck driver, they tied Kolalou to the murder case. The truck driver gave them the location and said the person he witnessed pulled out a knife. Police also found bloody towels in a garbage can outside of her building. She was convicted of a few more charges like concealing a homicidal death and aggravated identity theft. They found out her actions while killing the old man, which she dumped a large plastic bag in a garbage can at Foster Beach. Later on they we

  Copyright and Fair Use What is copyright? Copyright refers to the legal right of the owner of intellectual property. This means that the original creators of products and anyone they give authorization to are the only ones with the legal right to reproduce the work.  Copyright law  gives the original creators of a work the right to further use and duplicate that work for a given amount of time. Once a copyright expires, the copyrighted material becomes public domain. How does copyrighting works? When someone creates a product that is viewed as the original the product becomes their own, and it must be protected from unauthorized duplication.  Some examples of these creations include: Novels Art  Poetry Musical lyrics  Film   Graphic design Website content  Computer software   Therefore, copyright is a legal protection source for an original creation of someone's work. Under copyright law, the work is considered their own if the author created it from their own independent thinkin

 Reporters Privilege The idea behind reporter's privilege is that journalists have a limited right to not be forced in revealing information or confidential news sources in court.  Mostly all state and federal courts have found that state and federal constitutions provide a qualified privilege to allow journalists to keep the names of their confidential sources and the unpublished information provided private.  Reporter's Privilege  As a reporter it is important to clearly establish the terms of your relationship with the source. It is necessary for you to ask yourself: Can you publish or broadcast the information? Can you identify that person by their name? Can you disclose certain information about that person? Can you identify the source at all? Journalists prefer to use sources named "on the record" whenever it is possible. Sometimes they must rely on unidentified sources which are the people whose identity are only known by the reporter or the outlet. This is rul