Media Ethics - Cases and Moral Reasoning

List of contents

Introduction – Ethical Foundations and Perspectives
Part One – News
Chapter 1: Institutional Press
Chapter 2: Truthtelling
Chapter 3: Reporters and Sources
Chapter 4: Social Justice
Chapter 5: Privacy


The Heart of the Matter in News Ethics

Part Two – Advertising
Chapter 6: The Commercialization of Everyday Life
Chapter 7: Advertising in an Image-Based Media Culture
Chapter 8: The Media are Commercial
Chapter 9: Advertising’s Professional Culture
The Heart of the Matter in Advertising Ethics
Part 3 – Public Relations
Chapter 10: Public Communication
Chapter 11: Telling the Truth in Organizational Settings
Chapter 12: Conflicting Loyalties
Chapter 13: The Demands of Social Responsibility
The Heart of the Matter in Public Relations Ethics
Part 4 – Entertainment
Chapter 14 Violence
Chapter 15 Profits, Wealth, and Public Trust
Chapter 16 Media Scope and Depth
Chapter 17 Censorship
The Heart of the Matter in Entertainment Ethics

About the author

Clifford G. Christians is Research Professor of Communications, Professor of Journalism, and Professor of Media Studies Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Mark Fackler is Professor of Communications emeritus at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kathy Brittain Richardson is the president of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
Peggy J. Kreshel is Associate Professor of Advertising at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

Summary

Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning challenges readers to think analytically about ethical situations in mass communication through original case studies and commentaries about real-life media experiences.

Product details

• Authors: Kathy Brittain Richardson, Clifford G. Christians, Clifford G. (University of Illinois At Christians, Clifford G. Fackler Christians, Christians Clifford G., Clifford G. Christmas, Clifford G. Fackler Christmas, Mark Fackler, Fackler Mark, Peggy Kreshel, Peggy J. Kreshel, Kathy Brittain Richardson, Richardson Kathy Brittain
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780367243951
• ISBN: 978-0-367-24395-1
• No. of pages: 478
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy