Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Journalism 2 Task 1C) Legal and Ethincal Issues


Ethnical issues - From the (PPC) IPSO editor’s code of practice list I think the only thing that will relate to me is accuracy. For an example, I won’t be using children, clandestine devices or financial journalism which mean the only can relate to me the accuracy. In my blog I will reviewing cars so accuracy could be an issue, because one mistake could mess up the whole blog. For an example, if one of my audience could be a salesmen in a Mercedes Benz’s showroom which means they will know more than me about the cars that I use in my blog. To avoid this problem I will need to do detailed research about the cars inside and out. I could use the online research, but for an accurate I could go to a Mercedes Benz showrooms in London, and record the salesmen talking about the cars. However, the problem with this they might not have the cars that I’m reviewing.
Legal issues
Copyright- Personally, I think copyright won’t be an issue for me, because I will be using my pictures that I’ll be taking of my family cars, which I have asked for permission. Future more, I’ll be finding out of own research by attending to the Mercedes Benz showroom in London, and not using another online websites for my blog. Online sources seem to be people’s opinions and thoughts on the cars.
Libel- According to the BBC “The law of defamation allows individuals, groups of individuals, companies or firms to sue for damage to their reputation. You can defame someone by publishing material in various forms and people can sue so long as the material can be reasonably understood to be referring to them. Some changes have been made by the Defamation Act 2013 which came into force in England and Wales on 1 January 2014.” An example for this could be me writing on the blog about how the Mercedes Benz prices ranging is too high or too low, which this is damaging the company’s reputation. So, on my blog I need to be careful when I’m giving my own opinion, because it could be damaging Mercedes Benz reputation.

1 comment:

  1. this is a well written account in which you draw on a range of research sources to comprehensively examine potential legal and ethical issues. Well done :-)

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