Media ethics / edited by Matthew Kieran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kieran, Matthew, 1968-

European Ethics Network.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.

Mass media.

Communication--Moral and ethical aspects.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Media Ethics brings together philosophers, academics and media professionals to debate pressing ethical and moral questions for journalists and the media and to examine basic notions such as truth, virtue, privacy, rights, offence, harm and freedom which are used in answering them.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Journalism and ethics: can they co-exist? Andrew Belsey; The journalism of attachment Martin Bell; Objectivity, impartiality and good journalism Matthew Kieran; The problem of humbug Mary Midgley; Journalism, politics and public relations: an ethical appraisal Brian McNair; The myth of Saddam Hussein: new militarism and the propaganda function of the human interest story Richard Keeble; Privacy, the public interest and a prurient public David Archard

Beyond Calcutt: the legal and extra-legal protection of privacy interests in England and Wales Ian CramTaming the tabloids: market, moguls and media regulation Bob Franklin and Rod Pilling; Ethical photojournalism in the age of the electronic darkroom Nigel Warburton; Is the medium a (moral) message? Nol Carroll; Sex and violence in fact and fiction Gordon Graham; Censorship and the media Anthony Ellis; Select bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.179-186) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-70353-8

1-134-70354-6

90-429-0902-1

0-203-27025-8

0-203-00361-6

1-280-33470-3

9780203003619

OCLC:

320325590