MCOM 4003 - Tiffany Wiley

Plagiarism and Fabrication Plagiarism is the practice of acknowledging and taking someone else's work or ideas and giving them off as one's own work or ideas. Plagiarism can also include re-using your own work without proper citation. Fabrication is the action or process of manufacturing or creating a work  that is not factually proven. Under the regulations , intentional or reckless plagiarism and fabrication is a disciplinary offence.  The necessity of acknowledging someone's work or idea applies not only to text but also to other media such as illustrations, images, graphs, music, computer codes and more when plagiarizing. It applies equally to unpublished text and data whether it is from lectures, universities public learning or other students' essays. Forgery, alteration, or unauthorized use of University documents, records, ID cards and misuses of computer facilities and mailing systems can also be charged as a violation relating it to plagiarism.  The newly used ...

Advertising Ethics Ethical advertising is based on honesty, fairness, accurate messaging, and good consumer experience. Its objective is to ensure that advertising and other forms of marketing communications are legal, truthful, and prepared. The obligation to avoid harm to the consumer and society and have a sense of fairness and responsibility to competitors is important in ethical advertising. These company's appear to advocate for their products with a form of sincerity and likeliness.  Ethical advertising addresses these consumer needs and strives for transparency and authenticity in all consumer interactions. Alongside protecting user data and being open about how its used shows the  importance and effectiveness . Ethical advertising includes delivering high quality ads and verifying the suitability of ad environments. So, what actions can brands take to ensure that they're delivery is genuine? As a first step, brands should look to work with publishers that offer qualit...

TABLOID JOURNALISM The purpose of a tabloid is to entertain its readers by printing outlandish, lurid, and sensational stories about topics like pop culture and crime. Many people compare tabloid media to Newspapers but there is a main difference. A newspaper's main focus is to inform its readers about news, politics, or sports. Newspapers are heavily fact-checked and only publish reputable content. Tabloids on the other hand print exciting, sensational stories about pop culture. Most commonly, the term tabloid refers to a "condensed" newspaper or website that features criminal activity, scandal, and even astrology.  Today we often think of tabloids as cheesy celebrity gossip magazines found in the local supermarket. However, tabloids have a long history of celebrity lives and other stories that grab a reader's attention.  The Tabloids are magazines focused on salacious celebrity gossip and sensational news, which you know must be considered with a certain degree of ...