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List of contents
Introduction; Chapter 1 Radical mass media criticism: elements of a history from Kraus to Bourdieu, John Theobald; Chapter 2 Trust in media practices: towards cultural development, David Berry; Chapter 3 Enframing/revealing: on the question of ethics and difference in technologies of mediation, Joost van Loon; Chapter 4 The ‘fourth estate’ and moral responsibilities, Andrew Edgar; Chapter 5 Reproducing consciousness: what is Indonesia?, Carol Davis, Nick Rayner; Chapter 6 The manufacture of news — fast moving consumer goods production, or public service?, Michael Bromley; Chapter 7 ‘If it bleeds, it leads’: ethical questions about popular journalism, Cynthia Carter, Stuart Allan; Chapter 8 New Labour, New Britain. Campaign politics and the ethics of spin, Stephen Hayward; Chapter 9 Parody, pastiche or purloining?, Sanda Miller; Chapter 10 ‘Shock’: the value of emotion, Jason Barker; Chapter 11 Cyber-ethics: regulation and privatisation, Walton Paul; Chapter 12 ‘Sweet sell of sexcess’: the production of young women's magazines and readerships in the 1990s, Anna Gough-Yates; Chapter 13 A social drama: media violence controversies and anti-violence campaign groups, Annette Hill; Chapter 14 Consuming interests in a culture of secrecy, Miranda Basner; Chapter 15 And the consequence was …, Mike Jempson; Chapter 16 A degree of uncertainty: aspects of the debate over the regulation of the Press in the UK since 1945, Tom O'Malley; Chapter 17 Codes and cultures, Philip Dring; Chapter 18 Media ethics at the sharp end, Bill Norris;
Summary
Talks about the practical and ethical issues of contention encountered by journalists. This book covers a diversity of issues and viewpoints, attempting to broaden out the debates particularly in relation to Journalism Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture and Communications, Philosophy and History.
