When giving a presentation that includes audio or visual files it can be easily to distort and alter original documents. It is a speaker's moral obligation to not tamper with original photographs, audio files, etc. and use them in a presentation because that would be unethical and dishonest. Of course though, some people have different ethics, or no ethics, and may just do so.
As we have read before in chapter three, speakers must speak and listen ethically, but incorporating media is then tied with speaking because it is part of the presentation. It is necessary to use accurate, original photographs and recordings because doing otherwise would be untruthful. In our case as students, using dishonest documents could possibly lead to disciplinary action and nobody wants that, right? One must be careful when working with media files and avoid it being unoriginal.
Thankfully, I have absolutely no idea how to use Photoshop or any other audio or visual file modifier. I never have had to, so yeah. However, it would be fun to sometimes post something original on Tumblr rather than just reblogging someone else's work.
You say you have absolutely no idea how to use photoshop, yet others in the world do. So you have to check all the photos you use, as someone else might have tweeked them. They may not even be malicious changes. For instance, I've seen many scientific photos that are modified to enhance the image and see things better. However, these things don't look like this in real life and it is important, as well as, nice that the author includes this information in the caption.
ReplyDeleteYes, but how am I supposed to be able to tell if they are modified? I wouldn't be able to tell if photo of a cell is altered because I wouldn't know what the original looked like. Thanks for your comment.
DeleteI really enjoyed your posts about our responsibilities as ethical students. You made it fun and interesting. I like how you involved the reader. It is very important to verbally cite sources and to use the originals of everything whether it be videos, pictures, or phrases. People are always trying to make things original and put their own twist, but sometimes original is better. I am right there with you in not knowing how to use Photoshop or anything to alter pictures, so I am in the clear too, but I have to remember to cite sources! This is a very well written set of tips for when we use presentation media and how to be aware of ethics.
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