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Values Exchanged

Learning journalism ethics online

+Values Exchanged Presentation

Follow these guidelines: Go to

Values Exchange – AUT Uni site

Or to the VX main homepage

Watch the introductory videos

Complete a case study

View your reports

Hi, this presentation will be more meaningful if you also look at the Values Exchange online and explore what it can do.

When I give this presentation at conferences, I usually talk through a ‘live’ case and a ‘closed’ case to show what it can do.

I am doing more work on the evaluation too

Martin

The Mission

Our mission is to promote real democracy, based on the informed, collective wisdom of whole populations. We believe everyone has the right to be part of serious debate about the issues that matter most to us.

Thousands of people already use our Values Exchanges – there is no technical reason why democracy cannot be real right now.

+Values Exchanged

Ethical behaviour is tied to several elements Personal value systems (world view) Normative social values (audience) Social control in the newsroom (culture) Production pressures

learning of ethical behavior is a core element of the journalism curriculum

there is no prescriptive method for learning ethics in a journalistic context

+The issues

what students learn in the classroom—by way of principles—is soon forgotten when they enter the workforce

teaching ‘philosophies’ of ethics on its own doesn’t work

it is difficult for a young reporter, or intern, to challenge the general culture that has entrenched itself in a particular newsroom

beyond getting students to memorize particular clauses, what is its real value of ‘learning’ the code of ethics?

WHAT COULD WE DO DIFFERENTLY TO ENSURE DEEPER LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS?

http://autuni.values-exchange.co.nz/

+Instant feedbackfor students

+Modifications to VX

original case studies based on real events and situations that have occurred recently

Ring analysis and Grid adjusted to suit particular needs of journalism curriculum

more relevant to journalism values and also more relevant to the case studies and the students

assignment designed to assess students against “change” criteria and their successes and difficulties

We made some small adjustments to VX tools to make it journalism-friendly

+Student responses

All students found VX useful and valuable as a learning tool

All students found VX challenged them Long-held values and world views To consider more aspects of journalism ethics

Some found it difficult to make decisions in Ring and Grid analysis

More discussion in class around each case study

Over the course of completing all four cases I found that my thought patterns did change in regards to how I looked at certain aspects of ‘what is ethical’.

I think this was because I was forcing myself to look at the cases less subjectively and learning to look at the cases as a whole - taking in all the possible angles, outcomes and consequences, rather than making a decision based solely on initial gut instinct.

+Our response

Better instructions in use of Ring and Grid analysis

Plan time in seminars for discussion of cases

Consider some slight modification of Wedges and Segments in Ring and Grid analysis

Better reporting capability for students to generate their own comparative analysis