For this assignment, you will design a web page that presents research on ethical standards and safe practices in social and personal media communications. As you research and synthesize the information that you find, relate your conclusions to the consequences of personal choices made while participating in online communication.
The design of your web page is up to you. If you do not know how to construct a web page, a quick search will return thousands of sites explaining different ways to go about making a page. There are also many programs available that make creating a web page as easy as double-clicking. The presentation can be completed as a slideshow in a program such as PowerPoint or Prezi, if you prefer. If you would like, you can publish your webpage, but it is not a requirement of this assignment. The audience for your web page is the general public.
The following information needs to be included on your web page (or slideshow presentation).
1. Title/Introduction
Title
Name
Course
2. Media Ethics Today
Read the article “Media Ethics Today” by Brenna Coleman on Suite101.
Summarize the information, identifying the main issues with media ethics today. The summary should use your own words to provide the main points of the article.
3. Advantages and Dangers to Life Online
Provide three examples of different types of social networking.
Identify at least three advantages of social networking online.
View the Ad Council’s campaign commercial “Internet Safety Coalition: Promoting Safe, Responsible Internet Use.” https://www.internetsafetypartners.org/. Analyze the video. Discuss visual and design elements, such as special effects or camera angles, used to create interest and convey the message .
For each of the positive aspects of social networking listed here, explain negative consequences that can also occur:
posting pictures
making new friends
avoiding bullies
4. OnGuardOnline.gov
Choose an article or video from OnGuardOnline.gov to summarize and explain
Connect this information to Internet Safety
5. Social Media and Ethics
Read “Let’s Establish Ethics Codes for Using Twitter in Journalism” by Jerry Lanson in Media Ethics Online Magazine
Summarize the article
Choose one quote that best contributes to and/or summarizes the entire article
6. Cite Your Sources
Use OWL (Purdue) or the MLA Handbook for the most up-to-date way of citing sources. You will more than likely want “"citing electronic sources"” for the majority of this project.