Journalism as practice
Subtitle: MacIntyre, virtue ethics, and the press
By: Sandra L. Borden.
Series: Ashgate studies in applied ethics
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754660606
Subjects: Journalistic ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ethics and the commodification of journalism; title: History of commodification in American journalism; title: The wall between editorial and business; title: The new media market; title: The ethical costs of commodification; title: Loss of public confidence; title: The view from journalists; title: Journalism-as-practice; title: Practice makes perfect; title: Journalism-as-practice; title: Focus on virtues; title: Moral and intellectual virtues; title: The corrective nature of virtues; title: What about principles?; title: A practice as a context for moral action; title: What is and what is not a practice?; title: Requirements for journalism-as-practice; title: Institutional contexts in journalism; title: Other contexts for exercising the virtues; title: The tradition of journalism; title: Traditions and practices; title: The essence of journalism?; title: The reporters inheritance; title: Storytelling and authorship; title: Truth and objectivity; title: Professionalism and social responsibility; title: Power of the press and the common man; title: Participatory citizenship and the press; title: Practically speaking : the legacy of a key character in journalism; title: A theory of journalism; title: The distinguishing marks of journalism-as-practice; title: A link to human flourishing; title: Commitment to the common good; title: Reporting as defining activity and news as immediate goal; title: An instrument of reform; title: Way to make a living; title: The telos of journalism; title: What kind of news does the telos of journalism require?; title: Surveillance; title: Interpretation; title: Reckoning; title: The internal goods of journalism-as-practice; title: Science as an exemplary intellectual practice; title: The unique configuration of journalism; title: Practice-sustaining virtues; title: Protecting the practice from corruption by external goods; title: Sustaining the institutional bearers of the practice; title: Maintaining relationships essential to the practices goals; title: The place of trustworthiness in journalism; title: Preserving the practices link to tradition; title: Supporting the practices regenerative capacities; title: Practically speaking : Newsweek and the breakdown of intellectual reliability; title: The practices role as a moral community; title: Moral identity and sense making; title: Shame, solidarity and moral support; title: Resisting business demands; title: Resistance from the organizational perspective; title: Reasons for resisting business constraints; title: Why should organizational interests count?; title: Reasons for preferring open (rather than covert) resistance; title: A model for resisting business pressures; title: Practically speaking : Janet Cooke, moral evaluation, and journalisms moral community; title: Professionalism and the practice; title: Professionalism in American journalism; title: What is a profession?; title: Professions in the United States; title: Professionalization in American journalism; title: The ethical motivation function of professionalism; title: Benefits of the motivational model; title: Accountability; title: Professional identification; title: Problems with the motivational model; title: Paternalism; title: Lack of enforcement; title: The power function of professionalism; title: Benefits of the power model; title: Autonomy; title: Boundary marking; title: Problems with the power model of professionalism; title: Powerless discretion; title: Lack of an esoteric knowledge base; title: Lack of collective consciousness; title: Decline of professions in general; title: Professionalisms prospects and possible alternatives; title: Practically speaking : boundary marking after memogate; title: A common cause; title: What do journalists need to do to assert themselves as practitioners?; title: Partnerships with non-profits; title: Ownership, management and journalism ethics; title: What can citizens do to support journalism-as-practice?; title: Catalysts for change; title: The right frame; title: Readiness for change.