Ethics and the media : an introduction / Stephen J. A. Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Stephen J. A. (Stephen John Anthony), 1951-

Series:

Cambridge applied ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

viii, 290 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive introduction to media ethics and an exploration of how it must change to adapt to today's media revolution. Using an ethical framework for the new "mixed media" ethics taking in the global, interactive media produced by both citizens and professionals Stephen J. A. Ward discusses the ethical issues which occur in both mainstream and non-mainstream media, from newspapers and broadcast to social media users and bloggers. He redefines traditional conceptions of journalistic truth-seeking, objectivity, and minimizing harm, and examines the responsible use of images in an image-saturated public sphere. He also draws the contours of a future media ethics for the "new mainstream media" and puts forward cosmopolitan principles for a global media ethics. His book will be invaluable for all students of media and for others who are interested in media ethics. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 What is ethics? 7

The ethical sphere 8

Theorizing about ethics 16

2 Approaches to media ethics 52

Understanding media ethics 54

Approaches to media ethics 59

Essentials for ethical reasoning 68

Applying aims and principles 76

3 Free press and deliberative democracy 88

Freedom and the turn to ethics 90

The need for ethics 99

Journalism and democracy 103

4 Reaffirming truth and objectivity 118

Truth and objectivity in journalism 119

Rise and decline of objectivity 127

Responding to the challenge 134

Pragmatic truth and objectivity 143

5 Media harm and offense 161

Harm in ethics 161

Contending principles 164

Restraining principles for media 170

Media harm: cases 185

Media offense 197

6 The new media ethics 207

Ethical revolutions 209

Where are we today? 212

Shape of a future ethics 216

Toward an open ethics 223

7 Global media ethics 245

Going global 245

Ethical foundations 250

Application to journalism 257

Building global media ethics 266.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-284) and index.

ISBN:

9780521889643

0521889642

9780521718165

0521718163

OCLC:

738338033