Look at the following news item from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/03/judge-denies-qut-staff-members-appeal-in-racial-discrimination-case. Critically analyse this story from a media law and ethics perspective. What are the key legal and ethical issues here (think about what the story talks about and the story itself)? You need to offer your academic opinion of these issues based on research and examples.
Aims/objectives
– To assess students’ understanding of the legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks that apply in each of the professional areas of journalism, advertising, public relations and the media arts, as well as the penalties that may or may not be levied when the laws, ethics and regulations are breached.
– To assess student’s ability to write a major research paper
. – To assess student’s ability to write a research abstract for a major research paper.