The phone hacking scandal
Subtitle: journalism on trial
By: edited by Richard Lance Keeble and John Mair
Edition: 2nd and updated ed.
Publisher: Abramis
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bury St. Edmunds
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781845495565
Subjects: Journalism; Corrupt practices; Journalistic ethics; Media Studies
Description: Hackgate is the biggest scandal to engulf the mainstream press in decades. What started as a small bush fire - with News of the World royal editor and his private detective friend Glenn Mulcaire being detained at Her Majesty's pleasure in 2007 for hacking illegally into the phones of the royal family and others - became a forest fire destroying countless reputations (and the NoW) in its wake. The first edition, published in February 2012, soon became the standard text on the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press. It was serialised over twenty five days in the Media Guardian and read by Lord Justice Leveson himself. This second edition updates the thirty original contributions and includes new material from Sir Harold Evans, Roy Greenslade and Ray Snoddy on Leveson and after. Edited by Richard Lance Keeble and John Mair, it is a 'must read' for all concerned about journalism standards and all involved in journalism and journalism education - either as teachers or students.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Section A. Journalism at the crossroads; title: Section B. The Murdochs and the world: an everyday tale of media folk?; title: Section C. Guardian angels? How Hackgate places the mainstream under the microscope; title: Section D. Ethics: "That's a country east of London innit?" (attributed to Kelvin MacKenzie, former Editor of the Sun); title: Section E. Hacks and cops: men in (and out) of uniform; title: Section F. Dead duck: is statutory regulation the answer?; title: Afterward: hacking's disreputable history.