Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Moxie or not?

Based on what we talked about today, is it ethical for students to take free concert tickets, CDs or videos from moxie.org? The only thing moxie asks is that you send them the published review.  They don't seem to be affected one way or the other by the content, just that it was published.

I'm hoping there aren't any real ethical conflicts 'cause I really like free stuff.  I'm like Steve that way.  And, hey, what's up with thinking baseball would be more fun than the Mormon temple?

Terry Sheffield
Roy High School
Roy, Utah
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  1. AnonymousJune 18, 2014 at 9:14 PM

    Terry, I love getting CDs and concert tickets from Moxie as well, but I honestly don't think there is an ethical issue with this as it's up to the individual journalism classes and students to review the material both positively or negatively. Their motive is obviously to promote certain artists, but they don't have any influence on how these artists are received (my students wrote less than favorable reviews for quite a few of the materials that have been sent to them). I would be worried if students only reviewed materials sent by companies like Moxie or felt in any way obligated to rate sent materials positively.

    Offering teachers materials for review is really common with young adult literature as well. Programs such as ReadFirst or Netgalley are specifically geared towards teachers. The thing is that they can't predict the way their materials are received. That's where opinion and fair criticism kicks in, so I wouldn't worry as long as your students understand that they are not expected to be cheerleaders for free copies.

    Stephanie Floch
    Taylorsville High School
    Taylorsville, Utah

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