Communication Ethics and Society - Assignment Example

Option B Question One and Two In the New York Journal entries, Stephen gives his personal experiences of how he dropped out of school and became successful despite not having a college degree. I think it is misleading his personal experience as it creates unrealistic views about education on the mind of the people. This is because, New York Times, being a national Newspaper should give information that is impartial and seeks to satisfy the needs of the readers. Emphasizing on this way of dropping out of college is misleading.

This is because it completely rules out the importance of a college degree. The truth of the matter is there are many people who have college degree and have become successful in life. There are also other people who never attended college and have also become successful through the method Stephen advocates for. Moreover, not everyone can be successful as entrepreneurs. There are people who can only perform well as profession and as such they need a college education. It is unethical for Stephen to inspire young people to educate themselves using the Newspaper media.

This is because according to the Journal code of ethics, Journalist should act independently and only look out for the interest of the reader. However, in this case, it is obvious that Stephen has some interest of promoting Thiel Fellow, an organization that he benefitted from. Being a beneficiary of this organization, he is seen to write these journal with the intention of encouraging students to forfeit going to college and joining this organization. These journals have also broken the first code of ethics which requires journalist to seek truth and report it.

It is the work of the journalist to discern reporting and advocacy. These journals do not report but advocate for dropping out of school. The journals are therefore unrealistic and unethical.