Comments on: Ozzie Guillén Praised Fidel Castro in 2008, Too http://archive.mensjournal.com/guillen-praised-castro-in-2008-too Sat, 18 May 2013 03:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dean Kirk http://archive.mensjournal.com/guillen-praised-castro-in-2008-too#comment-21568 Dean Kirk Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:18:02 +0000 http://www.mensjournal.com/?p=28121#comment-21568 I thought it was the communist countries who punished their people for saying the wrong thing. I thought it was the communist countries who punished their people for saying the wrong thing.

]]> By: Emily Laurie http://archive.mensjournal.com/guillen-praised-castro-in-2008-too#comment-21567 Emily Laurie Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:30:44 +0000 http://www.mensjournal.com/?p=28121#comment-21567 In my master's program at Drury University, we're learning about appropriate communication behaviors and online experiences. One of the concepts is how pluralism plays a prominent role in our online experiences as a sender and receiver. This allows for both shared norms and practices alongside the diverse interpretations and applications of those norms in cultures. We have the rights to our own opinions. (Cheney et. al, 2011, p. 207.) However, that doesn’t mean we should assume that everyone understands clearly and effectively what the communicator is trying to say. When reading your story, I thought about mis-communication in two ways. Ozzie clearly struggled with appropriate communication because of language barriers between cultures as well as mis-understanding his audience and not thinking clearly before speaking. Especially in this day and age, how one receives information is changing drastically and often times news sources or reporters are just waiting for someone to screw up in an interview in order to have a top story. Digital media can confront us with ethical challenges as well. I have been learning in my Master’s program that digital media has combined all information resources and thereby evoke ethical challenges that strain against the capacities of traditional ethical frameworks and approaches. (Cheney et. al, 2011, pp. 216-217) How one receives information is not the only thing that has changed, but how one transmits the information received. Information and Communication technologies now connect over 25% of the world’s population with mobile phones alone connecting over 4 billion or nearly 60% of humanity.” (May, S., Munshi, D., Cheney, G., 2011, p. 204) This story spread like a wildfire because of the source. Guillen is a corporate figure who said something wrong. The good thing; however is that he apologized for his words and I believe that he did the right thing. I think he will be viewed as a strong person for apologizing just as much as he’ll be remembered for his comments on Fidel Castro. Thank you for your post! Emily Laurie Drury University Grad Student-Communications elaurie@drury.edu Reference: Cheney, G., May, S. & Munshi, D. (Eds.) (2010). The handbook of communication ethics. (pp. 35-87). New York: Routledge. In my master’s program at Drury University, we’re learning about appropriate communication behaviors and online experiences. One of the concepts is how pluralism plays a prominent role in our online experiences as a sender and receiver. This allows for both shared norms and practices alongside the diverse interpretations and applications of those norms in cultures. We have the rights to our own opinions. (Cheney et. al, 2011, p. 207.) However, that doesn’t mean we should assume that everyone understands clearly and effectively what the communicator is trying to say.

When reading your story, I thought about mis-communication in two ways. Ozzie clearly struggled with appropriate communication because of language barriers between cultures as well as mis-understanding his audience and not thinking clearly before speaking. Especially in this day and age, how one receives information is changing drastically and often times news sources or reporters are just waiting for someone to screw up in an interview in order to have a top story.

Digital media can confront us with ethical challenges as well. I have been learning in my Master’s program that digital media has combined all information resources and thereby evoke ethical challenges that strain against the capacities of traditional ethical frameworks and approaches. (Cheney et. al, 2011, pp. 216-217) How one receives information is not the only thing that has changed, but how one transmits the information received.

Information and Communication technologies now connect over 25% of the world’s population with mobile phones alone connecting over 4 billion or nearly 60% of humanity.” (May, S., Munshi, D., Cheney, G., 2011, p. 204) This story spread like a wildfire because of the source. Guillen is a corporate figure who said something wrong. The good thing; however is that he apologized for his words and I believe that he did the right thing. I think he will be viewed as a strong person for apologizing just as much as he’ll be remembered for his comments on Fidel Castro.

Thank you for your post!

Emily Laurie
Drury University Grad Student-Communications
elaurie@drury.edu

Reference:
Cheney, G., May, S. & Munshi, D. (Eds.) (2010). The handbook of communication ethics. (pp. 35-87). New York: Routledge.

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