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chapter 2 & 3
25 cards·by erick10292014
a system of moral principles
ethics
the ability to inspire belief and trust
credibility
the ability to make fair, neutral observations about people and events
objectivity
a damaging false statement against another person or institution spoken or broadcast
extemporaneously
slander
a libel defense that protects a journalist expressed opinion of public figures or reviews of
books, records, and the like
fair comment
fictional characters a news writer creates by using characteristics of several real people.
this practice is frowned upon by ethical journal
composite characters
written defamation; damaging false statements against another person or institution that
appear in writing or that are spoken from a writte
libel
the opportunity for permitting a person criticized in a story to respond to that criticism in
the same story
right of reply
statements made on the floor of congress, in the state legislature, or in a court room that, if
published, are immune from libel suits
privileged statements
the legal idea that school authorities act in the place of the parent and assume a parents
rights
in loco parentis
censorship, or restraint in advance of publication. this is illegal in the united states
except in the rarest of circumstances
prior restraint
the taking and using as ones own the writings or inventions of another person
plagiarism
the idea that once a forum is created, the ideas expressed there cannot later be controlled
forum theory
the knowledge and instinct a reporter calls on to determine whether an event is news
news judgement
an element of news that that refers to geographic nearness of a given event to your place of
publication to your readers
proximity
the writing of a regional, national, or even international story to bring out the local
network
localization
a method of obtaining many ideas in a short time
brainstorming
a story about a coming event
advance
an element of news that refers to how well-known an individual is in the community,school,
nation, or world
prominence
a story that causes the reader to feel such emotions as sorrows, pity, or amazement
human-interest story
a sample of of a population to be surveyed in which every member of the population has an equal
possibility of being icluded in the survey
random sample
an element of news that has to do with how new or current the event is
timeliness
an element of news that refers to the importance of the event.
consequence
an element of news that involves tension, surprise, and suspense, and arises with any good
news
conflict
a question, posed at the beginning of a survey, designed to eliminate people who don not belong
to the desired population
filter question