Ethics & journalism / Karen Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Karen, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalistic ethics.

Physical Description:

ix, 196 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Ethics and journalism

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, 2003.

Summary:

Ethics and Journalism is essential reading for all journalism, media and politics students studying journalism and ethics, as well as for those who already work in the media and are interested in understanding ethical issues.

Contents:

1 Ethics and journalism? 1

The reporting bestiary: Watchdogs, vultures and gadflys 1

The hack's progress 3

Skills and knowledge 5

Why journalism matters 8

Journalism as story-telling 9

Comfortable bed-fellows 10

2 Thinking about ethics 14

What is ethics? 14

The Aristotelian tradition 15

Natural Law tradition 16

Humean sentiment 17

Kant and the categorical imperative 18

Bentham, Mill and Utilitarianism 19

Modern approaches 20

Objecting to ethics 21

Concluding thoughts 24

3 Virtue ethics 27

The temptations that journalists are heir to 27

Ethical approaches to journalism 29

Virtue ethics 32

The education of the emotions 35

Acting virtuously 35

Why act virtuously? 37

Key features of virtue ethics 37

Professional and occupational goals 38

4 Lying to tell a story 40

The value of truth 40

Truth and truthfulness 41

Lying and deception 46

Lying and the public interest 47

5 Faking it 53

Seeing and believing 54

Breaking trust 58

The mendacious medium 59

Restoring trust 60

6 Freedom's scope 63

Understanding freedom 63

Freedom of expression 66

Freedom of the press 67

Avoiding harm 69

Freedom, truth and goodness 71

Undermining human dignity 72

Being free and responsible 74

7 Private lives and public interest 77

What is privacy? 77

Protecting privacy 80

Death in Paris 82

Making the private public 85

Private lives and public figures 86

Public interest and public good 90

8 Death, disease and destruction 93

Suffering, compassion and pity 94

Coverage of suffering 95

Death and disaster 96

Domestic tragedy 100

Picture power 101

'Only connect' 103

9 Liaisons Dangereuses: reporters and sources 107

Reporters and sources 107

Trust and confidentiality 109

Types of sources 114

10 Conflicts of interest 120

Intentions and motives 121

Bribes, junkets and freebies 122

Financial journalism 124

Puffery and suppression 125

Personal views 126

11 The bottom line 128

Chasing the market 129

Concentrating ownership 130

The product's integrity 131

The reporter's integrity 135

'Ethical efficiency' 137

12 Self-regulation and codes of conduct 139

Promoting ethical behaviour 139

Keeping the critics at bay 143

The Press Complaints Commission and its evolving code of practice 144

Global self-regulation and codes of practice 146

Generating ethical debate 147

13 Blaming the harlots 149

The limits of the letter of the law 149

Responsible and accountable 150

Social responsibility 151

Irresponsible journalism 153

Promoting accountability 155

14 The good journalist 160

Good journalism and journalists 160

Twenty-first century ethical challenges 163

Encouraging good journalists 167

Why be good? 168

Appendix 1 The Press Complaints Commission and the code of practice 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761969667

0761969675

OCLC:

52435499