Class Reflection

One of the things I learned in this class was the term "greenwashing," which I ultimately did my powerpoint presentation on. I am not an activist of any sort, I just find it funny that companies resort to trying to look eco friendly in order to sell their product or make themselves look better, knowing full well they are not environmentally friendly. This also led me to discover many "pinkwashing" scandals, which is when companies use breast cancer research as a means to push their product with making a significant contribution. Also, I found learning about the different type's of defamation lawsuits that their are. I always assumed libel and slander were the same thing. Finally, my third "aha" moment was from the chapter on electronic journalism. I had never heard of the term "stringer" for a freelance journalist. I would like to be a "stringer" at some point in the near future.

Media Ethics

This story from the times from back in April is about a court ruling in favor of Comcast internet service. The ruling allows for the internet service to make certain sites run slower than others and also allows comcast to charge certain sites like youtube to run faster with their service. Comcast also maintains that this ruling will allow to slow programs like Bittorrent to run slower. Bittorent is used to illegally share files and the court favors removing sites like this. Furthermore, Comcast is trying to buy up a ton of networks, which may be a case of conflict of interest in itself.