Introduction What constitutes acceptable language and subject matter for the journalist cannot be precisely defined. What was taboo yesterday has become commonplace today.
Definitions of acceptability vary with the nature of the medium and the audience. National magazines and cable stations feel free to explore the limits of acceptable taste, whereas newspapers and commercial broadcasting are more susceptible to pressures from organized groups. Broadcasting is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, which sets standards.
In this chapter, you will find the following. Please click on the left menu to begin. Chapter 26: Taste—Defining the Appropriate
Introduction
Check It (1): Freshman Kit
Check It (2): Questionable
Exercise
Demographics
Assignment
Chitchat
Campus Projects
A. Kit
B. Debts
Community Projects
A. Sex Education
B. Divorce
Home Assignments
A. Policy
B. Epithet
Class Discussion
A. Guidelines
B. Johns
C. Survival
D. Indiscretion
E. You Decide
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Indecent
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Paul Watson, The Toronto Star
Too Graphic?
Some newspapers refused to run this photograph of the body of a U.S. soldier being dragged through the streets of Somalia. |
