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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
