"Shattered Glass"

1. What writing/research practices are involved in the movie?
There were a few different practices used for research and writing. The main type of writing was journalism, because the characters in the movie worked for the magazine "The New Republic." The practices that were used included recording, discussion, peer editing, and fact-checking.

2. How do characters collect data and write about their data?
The characters do a lot of observing and note taking about what people say and do. There is also interviewing used. Steve Glass was detail oriented and very specific which was needed in his writing.

3. What ethical issues do you see emerging in this movie?
The first ethical issue was that Steve lied about his sources. Another issue was that he invented/created his articles in his head and then passed what was fictional off as factual. Twenty-seven of the forty-one articles Steve wrote were either fully or partially made up. Throughout the movie he always sounded suspicious. Anytime anyone asked him questions about his articles, he always stalled by saying that the answer was in his notes but yet he never had the notes with him.