Media+Ethics

=Media Ethics=



1600s
1644- John Milton's book //Areopagitica// is published.

1700s
1791- Bill of Rights ratified.

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1900s
1909 [|Copyright Act] 1910 [|Wireless Ship Act] 1912 [|Radio Act] 1914 Congress Creates the Federal Trade Commission to prevent unfair trading 1934 [|Communication Act] created the Federal Comminication Commission (FCC) 1984 Cable Telecommunications Act  1985 Computer Ethics Institute Comes out with [|Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics.] 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act [|1919 "Clear and present danger"ruling] to limit an individual's free speech rights under the First Amendement. 1947 [|Social Reponsibility theory of the press] 1954 [|The Media and The Trial]The State of Ohio Vs. Sam Sheppard (1954)- Media involvement with the case made it a “mockery of justice”. The media involvement with the case was unethical: they were accused of bias against Sheppard and of influencing the jury. 1964: [|New York Times Vs. Sullivan] was a civil rights case that lead to the interpretation of how libel is understood today. The Supreme Court stated [|"for a public official to successfully sue for libel, he or she would have to prove actual malice."] 1990: [|The First National Computer Ethics Conference]. Formed by IBM, the Brookings Institution and the Washington Theological Society. [|1996 Telecommunications Act] stated that Internet providers could not be charged with libel suits for information placed on their websites by third parties.

2000s
2000 Attorney General Janet Reno wrote a letter to parents asking them to instill [|computer ethics] and responsibility in their children. 2000 A new website, [|cybercitenship.org] is made to help parents, teachers, and children learn responsible computer use.

2001- U.S. Patriot Act passed. 2002 President Bush pushed for Federal efforts to increase [|Online Safety]. 2003: Ben Stein gets fired from New York Times by violating the papers ethic policy.[|Think Again: Media Ethics "So Last Century"]

2003 [|World of Privacy] was founded 2004 The media becomes a major factor in the [|Security vs. Liberty] debate. 2008- Jan. 4, 2008 [|Pope Benedict XVI]released a message stating that "Rather than reporting on reality, mass media sometimes create reality".