Media Ethics and Global Justice in the Digital Age

Presents a new theory of media ethics that is explicitly international.

List of contents

1. The technological problem: instrumentalism and its cognates; 2. The ethics of being; 3. Ethics of truth; 4. Ethics of human dignity; 5. Ethics of nonviolence; 6. Cosmopolitan justice and its agency; Afterword; References; Index.

About the author

Clifford Christians is Research Professor of Communications, Professor of Journalism and Professor of Media Studies Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His co-authored books include Normative Theories of the Media (2009), Ethics for Public Communication (2011), Communication Theories in a Multicultural World (2014), The Ethics of Intercultural Communication (2015), and Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning (2016).

Summary

Today's digital revolution is a worldwide phenomenon. This book presents a new theory of media ethics that is explicitly international. It will interest scholars and students of media, new technologies, and global justice.

Product details

• Authors: Clifford G. Christians, Clifford G. (University of Illinois Christians, Christians Clifford G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781107152144
• ISBN: 978-1-107-15214-4
• No. of pages: 428
• Series: Communication, Society and Pol; Communication, Society and Pol; Communication, Society and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Entertainment & media law, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Entertainment and media law