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    FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY

    INSTITUTE OF TOURISM AND HOTEL MANAGEMENT

    A Summative Assessment Paper Presented to the


    Faculty of the Institute Of Tourism and Hotel Management
    Far Eastern University, Manila

    In Partial fulfilment of the course

    GED0114 –APPLIED ETHICS IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES

    Submitted by:

    Sapian, Catherine Florence L.

    Submitted to:

    Monton, Jade

    Date of Submission
    December 12, 2020
    I. Title
    “Taste of Freedom: Views and Opinions”

    II. Name

    Sapian, Catherine Florence L.

    SEC – 23 2019101141

    III. Keywords (at least 5)

    - Media
    - Freedom Press
    - Freedom Expression
    - Responsibility
    - Cease and Desist

    IV. Introduction and Background

    The role of media press is to disseminate information on what’s happening around the
    world. It has become people’s daily dose of knowledge regarding what’s the latest occurrence in
    a certain place at a certain time. As most people know, media platform covers a wide range of
    zone and it spreads rapidly. They have people’s trust and support. However, with modern times
    comes more problems and some people use these platforms to spread factitious information.
    Freedom of press can be useful only when press is fully aware of its responsibilities and duties.
    Every freedom has its discipline and without this discipline then it could lead to lose of
    credibility of a journalist and network.

    Over the succeeding years, media platform is huge. It has massive amount views that
    people rely on. On the contrary, the media have a great responsibility to every citizen that the
    news they convey should be accurate. One of the biggest networks in the Philippines, ABS-CBN,
    was ordered to shut all of their operations after the National Telecommunications Commission
    (NTC) issued a cease and desist, the report has greatly affected the netizens as it’s one of the
    biggest networks in the Philippines. Immediately, questions have been circulating around if this
    is an attack on press freedom.
    According to Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch states that
    the decision of the congress for shutting down the network a “grievous assault on press
    freedom”. Given that the president stated on April 17, that he would block the network’s
    franchise renewal for not airing one of his campaign ads way back 2016. As a result, journalists
    are being silenced for exposing the injustices and corruption the Philippines has experienced.
    This clearly proves that the power of government over the freedom press is bigger than
    expressing what is morally just.

    V. Research Question

     What is the role of political liberty and how do people perceive the limits in freedom of
    media?

    VI. Argument Strategy and Paper Structure

    In this paper, I will give a background on the chosen topic and will briefly state all the
    needed information for the topic to be fully understood. I will also provide factual information
    and provide evidences that will make the reader understand on why I have decided to stand on
    the claim. In this matter, it is efficient to provide evidences that’s been burning issue in the
    Philippine thus it will help the reader to be enlightened and gain insights on what is happening.
    This will allow and enable the reader to have different perception and views on the said topic.

    Media is the dominant source of information, it has influenced and made people to keep
    updated every time. Ordering one of the biggest networks to fully stop operating shows how the
    higher ups could easily silence people. Freedom of expression enables people to know that their
    voice matters. It will make them feel reassured despite all of the chaos that is happening in the
    country. The voice of the people will be their gateway in expressing all hatred and anger towards
    the unjust treatment of the government.

    VII. Argument

    PREMISE 1: Free press informs the public from the latest happenings across the world. It is
    unjust to forced closed an establishment for the reason. Silencing people will never be lawfully
    and morally right.
    PREMISE 2: Mass media holds a great amount of information that enables people to voice out
    their opinion and has become a gateway to express their viewpoint on a certain issue. Red
    tagging people just because they are opposed on what the person is fighting will never be right.

    CONCLUSION:

    In this paper, I argued that free press informs the mass from the latest happening.
    Everyone has the right to express freely. Freedom of expression is a human basic right and it’s a
    right of an individual. In circumstances where freedom of expression is not respected the media
    have to choose between filtering reports or putting themselves at risk and provide authentic news
    to the mass. Therefore, the views and opinions of every citizens must be at liberty. No one has
    the right to dictate what should the masses do especially journalists unless the information they
    disseminate is not upright.

    VIII. References

    Philippine Congress officially shuts down leading broadcaster. (2020, July 10). The New York

    Times - Breaking News, World News &

    Multimedia. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/world/asia/philippines-congress-

    media-duterte-abs-cbn.html

    Press freedom and the democratic peace - Douglas A. Van belle, 1997. (2016, July 1). SAGE

    Journals. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022343397034004003

    Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (2020, June 1). Welcome to the United

    Nations. https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

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