Wilkins / Christians The Routledge Handbook of Mass Media Ethics

2. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-134-79270-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 550 Seiten

This handbook brings together the intellectual history of mass media ethics over the past 30 years. The chapters included herein summarize existing research and thinking in the field, as well as setting agenda items for future research that is grounded in both philosophy and the social sciences. Each chapter includes a section that summarizes current understandings and research in the field. Contributions come from many of the best mind in the field the world over and include those that have worked as journalists, public relations professionals, and advertising practitioners. Features and coverage include:

- Up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of media ethics, including source ethics, social media, the roots of law in ethics, and documentary film

- Professional practice that cross many professional boundaries

- Institutional perspectives

- Experienced, top-tier editors, advisory board, and contributors

- A global perspective

Taken in its totality, the Handbook of Media Ethics provides an examination of the depth and the breadth of current thinking on media ethics. For students and for professionals, this book will provide both insight and direction. Standing apart in its comprehensive and in-depth coverage, the Handbook is required reading for scholars, graduate students, and researchers in media, mass communication, journalism, ethics, and related areas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilkins, Lee

Christians, Clifford G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1st Edition

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

- A Philosophically Based Inquiry into the Nature of Communicating Humans

- A Short History of Media Ethics in the United States

- Essential Shared Values and 21st Century Journalism

- Moral Development: A Psychological Approach to Understanding Ethical Judgment

- The Search for Universals

PART II: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

6 Truth and Objectivity

7 Photojournalism Ethics: A 21st-Century Primal Dance of Behavior, Technology, and Ideology

8 Why Diversity Is an Ethical Issue

9 The Ethics of Advocacy: Moral Reasoning in the Practice of Public Relations

10 The Ethics of Propaganda and the Propaganda of Ethics

11 Perspectives on Pornography Demand Ethical Critique

12 Violence

13 The Eroding Boundaries between News and Entertainment and What They

Mean for Democratic Politics

14 What Can We Get Away With? The Ethics of Art and Entertainment

in the Neoliberal World

PART III: CONCRETE ISSUES

15 Justice as a Journalistic Value and Goal

16 Transparency in Journalism: Meanings, Merits, and Risks

17 Conflict of Interest Enters a New Age

18 Digital Ethics in Autonomous Systems

19 Peace Journalism

20 Privacy and the Press

PART IV: INSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

21 Buddhist Moral Ethics: Intend No Harm, Intend to Be of Benefit

22 Communitarianism

23 Freedom of Expression and the Liberal Democratic Tradition

24 Media Ownership in a Corporate Age

25 The Media in Evil Circumstances

26 Ethical Tensions in News Making: What Journalism Has In Common

with Other Professions

27 Feminist Media Ethics

28 Global Media Ecology: Why There Is No Global Media Ethics Standard