Final Exam (FXM) ▪ CAS 352 ▪ Spring 2013

Use two hours and five minutes to answer these questions (more time is allowed only with pre-approval). No CPs awarded on this exam for totals lower than 9. Your signature below confirms that you have not used the help of other people to write this exam, or offered or given help to another taking this exam. Sign and return this sheet with your answers. (No signature on returned sheet = no CPs). You may use all course texts on this final, plus class notes, but only your own.

Indeed, this exam is my own work, and I have helped none other. I so affirm.

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Identify your answer sheet by number only. Your answers will be disqualified and your score reported as 0 if your name appears in the Green Book or on printed answers.

For 3 CPs each, answer these questions:

1. Cases 53, 71, and 77 each cite a particular moral philosopher in the case commentary (the material following the shaded “case” itself), concluding that this philosopher speaks solidly to the facts of each case. The commentaries insist that the moral reasoning developed by this philosopher informs an ethical resolution to the dilemma presented. Who is this person? Cite one fundamental way in which you agree with this person’s perspective. Add one fundamental word of advice to your peers on how to understand the moral wisdom offered by this person’s central ideas. How would you resolve any one (your choice) of the above cases? This is a four-part answer.

2. Cases 12, 24, and 66 each worry that mediated messages may trouble viewers. And each commentary suggests moral reasons for modifying media behavior. Which media message (choose one from the three cases) should be modified to maintain morally acceptable standards of public communication? What role does the First Amendment play in your proposed change? On what moral principle (you may refer to the Introduction, Media Ethics) does your proposed change rely? Three parts.

3. You need to know this much about defamation law and privacy invasion law. 1) In which area of law is “actual malice” an important judicial concept? 2) What does “actual malice” mean? 3) What three types of “persons” can bring actions for libel or slander? 4) What are the four privacy torts? 5) Pick one of those torts and describe what a case might look like, even a hypothetical case.

4. Communitarianism is a special appeal to moral responsibility. 1) From your reading in Ethics for Public Communication, how does a communitarian appeal differ from a utilitarian appeal? Comment on their differing assumptions concerning the human person. 2) From chapter 11 in EPC, does a communitarian appeal make better sense than a Kantian appeal, in addressing the difficult boundaries of morally acceptable mediated sex? 3) How would you advise – morally speaking – a new production company intending to help fill the growing market for mediated sex?

5. In EPC, chapter 15, Tracy Marrow expresses himself. Oh my, does he go off on police and wow, his language is way over the top. Following recent events – Sandy Hook, the Boston Marathon – is communitarianism a more salient moral appeal against Ice-T’s rant, or does communitarian seem even more strongly to support the need for it? What’s your take on Ice-T’s artistic expressiveness, and what’s your favored moral principle for dealing with it, pro or con? 6. In the set of terms below, provide brief descriptions of three (only), showing that you are capable of using these terms in public discourse.

Veil of ignorance Golden Mean Appropriation Stare decisis Categorical imperative

7. In your imaginary dream world, sulky heroine Jennifer Lawrence (or hunkster Taylor Lautner, take your pick) sends you an autographed photo. You figure, heh-heh, cool pix, worth lots of mullah. But you are a law-abiding scholar, oh yah, so while highly desiring to reap bounteous monetary gain, you are determined to comply with federal copyright law. What can you do legally with the photograph to maximize your financial portfolio, and duh, what can you not do? “Fair use” guidelines allow what usage?

8. From the list below, provide brief descriptions of three items only. Write as if you were the ATA up front, assisting in class. What do 352 delegates need to know about these items in order to be competent, morally wise citizens?

Intrusion Edward R. Murrow “Let truth and falsehood grapple…” (John Milton) Eudaemonia Limited purpose public figure

9. For 2 CPs this time, indicate the one TOP presentation (other than your own) which was most worthy of a 30-minute NPR special, most relevant to you and your peers, most intellectually fascinating. What was the researcher’s core moral issue? How did the researcher present and persuade concerning his/her moral thesis?

If you have scored over 14 CPs at this point, and want more, this Q offers two awesome grade-boosting last-opp CPs:

10. Select one case from Media Ethics not earlier cited in this exam. Rewrite the commentary to the case using approximately 130 words. The facts remain as published. (No need to restate those facts. You need only refer to the Case, then begin your commentary.) Employ moral reasoning. Do not rehearse last week's clichés or the narrow answers offered by people whose rhetoric outruns their moral sense. Provide an original answer to the issue raised in the case and state your moral reasons for doing so.

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