Global Pandemics and Media Ethics - Issues and Perspectives

This topical volume illuminates ethical issues brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a broad range of case studies from different regions, it provides insights into the multiple and complex ways in which the pandemic has shaped media ethics.

List of contents

PART I: OVERVIEW: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 1. Introduction: Rethinking Media Ethics During Health Pandemics
Chapter 2. Axiological Dimensions in COVID-19 Pandemic Discourses. A comparative analysis of Germany, France and Romania
Chapter 3. Emotional Mood and Its Ethics in Crisis Communication
PART II: ETHICAL CHALLENGES
Chapter 4. Ethical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of Journalists in Zimbabwe
Chapter 5. The Virus of ‘Blame’: How Television News Transposed Islamophobia onto the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
Chapter 6. Professional, Ethical Conflict or a Power Grab? The Case Study of Index during the 2020 COVID–19 Pandemic
Chapter 7. COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and their implications on journalism ethics in South Africa and Zimbabwe
PART III: INFODEMICS
Chapter 8. COVID-19, the Global Pandemic and Japanese Media: Limitations of Agenda Setting by Mass Media and Misinformation in Social Media
Chapter 9. COVID-19 disinfodemic and journalism ethics in South Africa’s mainstream news media ecosystem
Chapter 10. Why we should overcome the "infodemic" account
Chapter 11. Information, state of alert and propaganda in Spain: Use of social media by Andalusian political parties during the COVID-19 pandemic
Contributors
Index
Glossary

About the author

Tendai Chari is a senior lecturer in media studies at the University of Venda, South Africa.
Martin N. Ndlela is a professor of media and communication at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway.

Summary

This topical volume illuminates ethical issues brought to the fore by the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a broad range of case studies from different regions, it provides insights into the multiple and complex ways in which the pandemic has shaped media ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Tendai (Venda University Chari, Martin N. (Inland Norway University of App Ndlela
• Assisted by: Tendai Chari (Editor), Tendai Joseph Chari (Editor), Chari Tendai (Editor), Martin N. Ndlela (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032306124
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3230612-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Research in Journalism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Press & journalism, Ethical issues & debates, Social and ethical issues, Media studies: Journalism, c 2020 to c 2029