Media Ethics and Justice in the Age of Globalization [electronic resource] /
Rao, Shakuntala.editor.
Wasserman, Herman.editor.
This book uses global perspectives to address questions of media ethics and justice in a local and transnational global environment, and examines the common denominator running through such disparate investigations of theories and practices of media ethics and justice in the democracies of India, South Africa, Pakistan, and the United States.
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Cover; Contents; Foreword by Nick Couldry; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Global media ethics: Thick or thin?; Justice in global media ethics: Sen's approach; Themes of the book; 2 The Moral Priority of Globalism in a Media-Saturated World; Parochialism and globalism; Normative parochialism and globalism; Cosmopolitanism and anti-cosmopolitanism; Criticisms and rebuttals; Globalism and media; Conclusion; 3 Global Justice and Civil Society; Justice as right order; Philosophical anthropology and justice; Primary justice and civil society; India; Conclusion
4 Social Justice and Citizenship in South Africa: The Media's RoleMedia, marginalization, and citizenship in South Africa; Normative frameworks and contestations; A proposed response; What would this mean in practice?; Conclusion; 5 Paying for Journalism: An Ethics-Based and Collaborative Business Model; Definitions; Reciprocity: The obligations of affirmative duties; Collaboration and justice as capabilities; A template for financial collaboration with journalists; Changing the relationship between journalists and sources: Crowdsourcing; Does the financial template inform reality?
Collaboration with government: Important boundary work for crowdsourcing6 News for Sale: 'Paid News', Media Ethics, and India's Democratic Public Sphere; Political communication, mediation, and passive publics; Lobbyists, spin artists, and some willing collaborators; Professionalism and public interest as defense mechanisms; The exposés and other responses to 'paid news' in India; In lieu of conclusion: Ethics in the times of hi-tech pluralism and digital public sphere; 7 Practices of Indian Journalism: Justice, Ethics, and Globalization; Sen's interpretative use of nyaya
Nyaya and ananya in Indian journalism practicesThe use (and abuse) of hidden cameras; Uneven injustices: Coverage of crime; Nyaya in global media ethics; 8 Justice as an Islamic Journalistic Value and Goal; Justice in global media ethics debates; Justice: An Islamic perspective; Justice as a journalistic value and a social goal; Justice in the professional context; Justice in the social action context; Justice as a journalistic value in modern Arab journalism; Conclusion; 9 Rammohun Roy's Idea of 'Public Good' in the Early Days of Journalism Ethics in India; Introduction
The context and origins of print journalismRammohun Roy and his journalism; Conclusion; 10 The Chief and the Channels: How Satellite Television Sparked a Social Movement for the 'Rule of Law' that Is Restructuring Political Power in Pakistan; An old institutional imbalance; The military and judiciary faceoff; A history of television in Pakistan; Challenges of ethics and regulation of private television; The civilian government learns the new rules of the game; The evolution continues; Conclusion; 11 The Changing Structure of Media and Ethics in India; Factors that drive the media
Internal value structure of the media
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book uses global perspectives to address questions of media ethics and justice in a local and transnational global environment, and examines the common denominator running through such disparate investigations of theories and practices of media ethics and justice in the democracies of India, South Africa, Pakistan, and the United States.
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