The Handbook of Mass Media Ethics

by Wilkins, Lee; Christians, Clifford G.

• ISBN13: 9780203893043
• ISBN10: 0203893042
• Copyright: 2008-07-23
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This Handbook encapsulates the intellectual history of mass media ethics over the past twenty-five years. Chapters will serve as a summary of existing research and thinking in the field, as well as setting agenda items for future research.

Table of Contents

Part I: Foundations A philosophically based inquiry into the nature of communicating humans Wayne Woodward A short history of media ethics in the United States John P. Ferre Essential shared values and 21 st Century Journalism Deni Elliott Moral development: A psychological approach to understanding ethical judgment Renita Coleman and Lee Wilkins The search for universals Clifford G. Christians and Thomas W. Cooper Part II: Professional Practice Truth and objectivity Stephen J. A. Ward Photojournalism ethics: A 21 st -Century dance of Behavior, technology and ideology Julianne H. Newton Why diversity is an ethical issue Ginny Whitehouse The ethics of advocacy: Moral reasoning in the practice of public relations Sherry Baker The ethics of propaganda and the propaganda of ethics Jay Black Perspectives on pornography demand ethical Critique Wendy Wyatt and Kris E. Bunton Violence Patrick Plaisance The eroding boundaries between news and entertainment and what they mean for democratic politics Bruce A. Williams and Michael X. Delli Carpini What can we get away with? The ethics or art and Entertainment in the neo-liberal world Angharad N. Valdivia Part III: Concrete Issues Justice as a journalistic value and goal David A. Craig Transparency in journalism: Menaings, merits and risks Stephanie Craft and Kyle Heim Conflict of interest enters a new age Edward Wasserman Digital ethics in autonomous systems Michael Bugeja Peace journalism Seow Ting Lee Privacy and the press Lou Hodges Part IV: Institutional considerations Buddhist moral ethics: Intend no harm, intend to be of benefit S. Holly Stocking Communitarianism Mark Fackler Freedom of expression and the liberal democratic tradition G. Stuart Adam Feminist media ethics Linda Steiner Media ownership in a corporate age Matthew P. McAllister and Jennifer M. Proffitt Ethical tensions in news making: What journalism has in common with other professions Sandra L. Borden and Peggy Bowers The media in evil circumstances Robert S. Fortner Global media ecology: Why there is no global Media ethics standard Mark D. Alleyne