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Informationen zum Autor David E. Morrison is professor of communications research,Matthew Kieran is a senior lecturer,Michael Svennevig is a senior research fellow,Sarah Ventress is a research officer, all at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. David E. Morrison is professor of communications research,Matthew Kieran is a senior lecturer,Michael Svennevig is a senior research fellow,Sarah Ventress is a research officer, all at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Klappentext "Media and Values" investigates the moral performance of the media. Based on an exhaustive number of focus groups! surveys! and interviews with senior media staffers in the United Kingdom and Europe! this book charts the changing status of the media as a moral voice. The authors argue that television has lost the authority to espouse a single vision of the proper way to live! and instead reflects the norms of a variety of social groups. This groundbreaking volume addresses the lack of moral certainty reflected both in television programs and their audiences. Zusammenfassung Provides an empirical investigation into the moral performance of the media. Based on 22 focus groups! three nationally representative questionnaire surveys and interviews with senior media personnel and regulators! this book charts the changing position of the media as a moral voice representing ways in which we live. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: 'The Need for a Moral Language' - Page 25 Chapter 2: 'The Question of Regulation: The Absence of a Moral Language' - Page 61 Chapter 3: 'Culture in Practice' - Page 89 Chapter 4a: 'What Constitutes Social and Anti-Social Behaviour? Views of Authority - Voices from Focus Groups' - Page 113 Chapter 4b: 'What Constitutes Social and Anti-Social Behaviour? Views of Authority - Voices from Surveys' - Page 155 Chapter 5: 'Privacy and the Construction of Self' - Page 191 Chapter 6: 'The Problem of Privacy' - Page 207 Chapter 7: 'Clarifying the Conceptual Problems' - Page 259 Chapter 8a: 'What are the Limits of the Private? Voices from Focus Groups' - Page 279 Chapter 8b: 'What are the Limits of the Private? Voices from Surveys' - Page 341 ...