Digital Media Ethics

With how easy it is today for any digital media to be significantly altered to lean towards one side or the other, the speaker has a responsibility to make sure the media that they are using is legitimate. Photo editing software is available to everyone, and an audio file can be edited to twist around what the original author was trying to say. As someone who is supposed to be an expert when giving a speech to the audience, if the speaker gives any illegitimate photos or quotes in their speech, the audience immediately casts doubt on any other information that the speaker might have given. When gathering information, especially from the internet, the person putting together a speech should research all of his or her information and make sure it is coming from a credible source. Making sure that the media that one is using is from the original source, like quoting something from the original document that it appeared in or hearing the original audio file of what you are citing, would also be a good idea when incorporating media into a speech.