Media Violence

Provide a 50-75 word response to each of these questions. 1. What are some of the findings presented about the media's causal relationship to violence? 2. What comparison do authors draw between smoking and media violence? 3. How proactive is the media in reporting its own influence on aggressive behavior? Please see attachment.

Free Speech vs. Threats

Provide a 50-75 response to each of these questions. 1. What role does the Intelligence Identities Protection Act play in this matter? 2. What does the threat or exercise of criminal punishment typically have upon journalists? How might punishment conflict with First Amendment protections of freedoms of speech and press? 3. How could Novak's publication of Valerie Plame's identity jeopardize national security? 4. What is contempt of court, and for what reasons are journalists held in contempt? Who was held in contempt in the Plame matter and why? Please see attachment.

Privacy Rights and Press Freedoms

Please help me so that I can write an essay on the balance of privacy rights and press freedoms. Consider these questions when developing the essay. 1. What are common privacy rights held by U.S. citizens? 2. In what ways do citizens want the press to respect their privacy? 3. When do the reporting interests of the media conflict with citizen privacy rights? 4. What is the Freedom of Information Act? Whom does it benefit and why? 5. By which limitations must the press refrain from reporting information? 6. How does a free press help to ensure an honest government? 7. How do cameras in the courts arouse controversy about the right of privacy? What about the constitutionality of camer... click for more

Interpretation of Ethical Systems

Scenario You are a manager of a retail store. You are given permission by the owner of the store to hire a fellow classmate to help out. One day you see the classmate take some clothing from the store. When confronted by you, the peer laughs it off and says the owner is insured, no one is hurt, and it was under $100. “Besides,” says your acquaintance, “friends stick together, right?” What would you do? Explain what you would do based on ethical formalism, utilitarianism, religion, and natural law. Address each of these ethical systems in relation to the scenario. Thank You

Criminal Justice and the Media

Website: http://www.courtroom21.net Examine the Company Info and Participating Companies & Technology sections. Based on your review of the Courtroom 21 Project, in what ways could technology help or impede the criminal justice process? If you were a criminal defendant, would you want your court proceeding to be recorded? What if you were a plaintiff? Explain the rational behind your answer. Thank You