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Is it news, add or infomercial? : The linke between news and advertising is going, going...

Authors: Carvajal, Doreen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As newspapers and broadcast stations scramble for new sources of advertising dollars, are old ethical standards getting lost in the shuffle?...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/bottom-line-decisions/is-it-news-ad-or-infomercial/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-30 09:16

Not the straight story: Can misleading readers ever be justified?

Authors: Gross, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When an editor of a newspaper aimed at a Jewish audience finds out that a Jewish company who advertises with his paper also runs ads in the Spotlight, in an anti-Semitic paper, he calls up the owner of the business and threatens to ...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/not-the-straight-story/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-04-09 16:18

Brewing controversy: The commercialization of Linda Ellerbee

Authors: Thorp, Bob
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A commentator for CNN begins doing radio and television commercials. Critics say it is advertising news disguised as actual news. Should well-known journalists be in advertisements?...
Year: 1989
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/brewing-controversy/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-04-13 16:31

"Salute to military" ads canceled

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Though the Arizona Daily Star newspaper usually sells classified adds for Mother's Day or Valentine's day to be purchased to honor loved ones, they drew the line at a "salute to military personnel" ad campaign, finding the mixture o...
Year: 9999
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/military-issues/salute-to-military-ads-canceled/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-04-07 11:59

Games Publishers Play : Allowing an advertiser to call the shots

Authors: Wright, Dave
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A small publication covering youth hockey in the Twin Cities area, and runs a picture on the front cover of two players battling over the puck. However, Christian Brothers, an advertiser of the publication, threatens to cancel their...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/bottom-line-decisions/games-publishers-play/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-30 09:16

Public service...or"news-mercials" : The blending of television news and advertising

Authors: Keeney, Jill Johnson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A television news story on colorectal cancer by WHAS-TV in Louisville Kentucky raised some questions when it told viewers to pick up a test kit and send it to the Humana Hospital University to get results. The story is likely to be...
Year: 1989
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/bottom-line-decisions/public-service-or-news-mercials/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-30 09:17