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Zusatztext "This is an excellent book filled with original and thought-provoking arguments. As any good book in applied ethics! it should appeal to a broad audience as well as to professional philosophers. Scholars and advanced students in other related fields! as well as practitioners of journalism will find this book rewarding and accessible." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Informationen zum Autor Carl Fox is a lecturer at the IDEA Centre in the University of Leeds. He won the 2014 Robert Papazian Essay Prize for his paper on ‘Political Authority, Practical Identity, and Binding Citizens’. He has also worked as a sub-editor on the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, and Evening Herald. Joe Saunders is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Durham University. Funnily enough, he won the 2015 Robert Papazian Essay Prize for his paper ‘Kant and the Problem of Recognition’. He currently works on freedom, love, media ethics, Kant and the post-Kantian tradition. Klappentext How we understand our responsibilities as citizens in a democratic society committed to political equality is connected to the standards of our news media. This book explores the conflict between the rights that people exercise through the modern media and the responsibilities that accrue on account of its increasing power. Zusammenfassung How we understand our responsibilities as citizens in a democratic society committed to political equality is connected to the standards of our news media. This book explores the conflict between the rights that people exercise through the modern media and the responsibilities that accrue on account of its increasing power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Carl Fox and Joe Saunders Part I: Democracy and the Media 1. Immigration in the Brexit Campaign: Protean Dogwhistles and Political Manipulation Jennifer Saul 2. The Ethics of Interrogation Julian Baggini 3. Lynton Crosby and the Dark Arts of Democracy Joe Saunders 4. Trust Me: News, Credibility Deficits, and Balance Carrie Figdor 5. Protecting Politicians’ Privacy for the Sake of Democracy Rob Lawlor and Kevin Macnish Part II: Free Speech and the Media 6. Free Speech and Liberal Community Gerald Lang 7. Political Correctness Gone Viral Robert Simpson and Waleed Aly 8. Journalism, Offence, and Free Speech Carl Fox 9. The Real Story about Fake News Kay Mathiesen Part III: Bias, Ideology and the Media 10. How Media Makes, Ignites and Breaks Ideology David Livingstone Smith 11. "I’m not with stupid": Tales of False Consciousness for a Post-Brexit Age Lorna Finlayson 12. Partisan News, the Myth of Objectivity, and the Standards of Responsible Journalism Christopher Meyers 13. The Obligation to Diversify One’s Sources: Against Epistemic Partisanship in the Consumption of News Media Alex Worsnip ...
