{"id":5412,"date":"2020-10-05T14:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=5412"},"modified":"2020-10-08T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:48:28","slug":"media-ethics-course-is-in-a-good-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2020\/10\/05\/media-ethics-course-is-in-a-good-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Ethics Course is in a \u201cGood Place\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mediaethics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mediaethics.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mediaethics.jpg 854w, 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classic thought experiment known as \u201cthe trolley problem,\u201d depicted in the screengrab above from the NBC sitcom \u201cThe Good Place,\u201d was used in the Media Ethics course to analyze various ethical decision-making frameworks.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pop culture references and current events are cropping up weekly in a newly revamped MEDIA 386: Media Ethics course taught this fall by Professor Adam Glenn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advanced media studies course uses video clips from the TV Show \u201cThe Good Place\u201d and Star Trek to help students familiarize themselves with time-honored ethical frameworks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Lives Matters protests, revelations about President Trump\u2019s coronavirus response and the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are also fodder for students to delve into case law around the First Amendment and libel issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And thanks to Hunter\u2019s shift to distance learning, the Zoom-based class is making extensive use of online teaching tools, with students sharing their insights on the digital bulletin board app, Padlet, Blackboard forums and the video discussion site, Flipgrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop culture references and current events are cropping up weekly in a newly revamped MEDIA 386: Media Ethics course taught this fall by Professor Adam Glenn. 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