The question of the ethics of using such devices is raised by the following essays. Each essay has its own page and begins after the list. Inc. Westport, CT Permission is granted by the editor to use the following essays on this WEB site. Publishing images that injure or are aesthetically pleasing makes economic sense. But that's not ethics.
Pictorial stereotypes are legal.
And they are often compelling. But neither legal nor aesthetic arguments suffice in justifying when it's morally permitted to publish images that injure. This chapter is about ethics. Specifically, it is about the moral1 responsibilities of mass media concerning the presentation of images that injure. I argue that mass media engage in morally questionable behavior when they publish images that injure.