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Unreality Tv, Andrew Sikula Sr., Lorraine P. Anderson
Unreality Tv, Andrew Sikula Sr., Lorraine P. Anderson
Management Faculty Research
Presents a discussion about the ethical challenges facing a psychologist asked to conduct interviews with potential contestants of a television reality show that places participants in a series of stressful and embarrassing activities. Response to the career-altering opportunity; General practice issues facing the psychologist; Public view on psychologists' involvement with the media.
Press Controls In Wartime: The Legal, Historical, And Institutional Context, Stephen D. Cooper
Press Controls In Wartime: The Legal, Historical, And Institutional Context, Stephen D. Cooper
Communications Faculty Research
News coverage of warfare poses a dilemma for social systems with a free press, such as the United States. In an era of high-tech weaponry and nearly instantaneous global communications, conflict is inevitable between the obligation of the press to inform the general public and the obligation of the military to successfully conduct war. The importance of secrecy to the conduct of warfare heightens the issue in the current counterterrorism operations. The competitive advantage of live coverage raises the stakes in a crowded media market. The military’s control over newsgathering during the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War set off a controversy …