Week 9 Discussion 1 - The overall impact of media transmissions

9-1 COMMUNICATION MEDIA DISCUSSION

9-1 Discussion: Breaking News! The Need to Be First

Review the resources from your readings in this module. After reviewing the resources, select one of them and create a thread (include the event name in the thread title) and discuss the following points:

• The overall impact of media transmissions and their capacity to create public influence
• The opposing pressures of the media reporting news in an ethical manner and the drive to be first in sharing breaking news, even if it goes against their obligation to confirm news facts prior to reporting
• The instantaneous influence of media (Cite examples from your chosen breaking news example.)

In your responses to your peers, choose posts outside of your thread. Discuss your peers' posts and the ethical obligations of communicators. Explain the reasons why these ethical obligations are significant.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric.