1. Social Responsibility of Journalism & Media: The WikiLeaks Controversy Professor Eric Freedman 29 September 2011 freedma5@msu.edu Ericinlithuania.wordpress.com

2. Common Themes Professional ethical standards in theory and in practice. Conflicts between multiple roles of journalists as professionals & citizens. Impact of changing communication technologies & economic models on ethical practices.

3. Lecture Outline Background on WikiLeaks, Julian Assange & leaked documents Ethical & legal questions Political factors Competing values of “free flow of information,” national interests and government secrets Reactions to the leaks WikiLeaks & Arab Spring Is WikiLeaks a journalistic organization? Other issues

4. Julian Assange

7. Revolution Truth: In Defense of WikiLeaks & Assange www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd0Z4G8V1uo

8. President Dalia Grybauskaite & U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

9. Lithuania in WikiLeaks “President Dalia Grybauskaite intervened to prevent the transfer of inmates to Guantanamo” “NATO has developed a contingency plan for the Baltic states”

10. Angry Response: Chief Minister Mayawati of India’s Uttar Pradesh state www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5MbAEBHuoc

11. Highlighting Contradictory Positions on Issues: Climate Change www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1eL3_Q4aVY

12. U.S. Newspaper Editorial Cartoon

13. “Cuba will translate and publish more than 2,000 US diplomatic WikiLeaks cables that pertain to the Communist-ruled island in a bid to highlight US ‘imperialist’ policy.”

25. Scenes from the Arab Spring