Journalism ethics
Subtitle: a philosophical approach
By: edited by Christopher Meyers.
Contributors: Meyers, Christopher, 1957-
Series: Practical and professional ethics series
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780195370805; 9780195370799
Subjects: Journalistic ethics
Description: This title is a reminder, a defense and an elucidation of core journalistic values, with particular emphasis on the interplay of theory, conceptual analysis and practice. Top scholars from philosophy, journalism and communications offer essays on such topics as objectivity, privacy, confidentiality, conflict of interest, and much more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Christopher Meyers; title: Pt. 1. Theoretical and conceptual foundations; title: Ethics theory and decision-making; title: An explanation and a method for the ethics of journalism / Deni Elliott and David Ozar; title: Moral development and journalism / Renita Coleman; title: History and justification; title: Journalistic independence as first amendment guarantee and moral obligation / Stephanie Craft; title: The moral justification for journalism / Sandra Borden; title: The search for global media ethics / Herman Wasserman; title: What is journalism? Who is a journalist?; title: Why journalism is a profession / Michael Davis; title: Who is a journalist? / Jay Black; title: The practice of journalism : digital journalism / Jane Singer; title: Objectivity; title: Inventing objectivity : new philosophical foundations / Stephen J.A. Ward; title: Is objective news possible? / Carrie Figdor; title: Pt. 2. The practice of journalism; title: The business of journalism; title: Journalism's tangled web : business, ethics and professional practice / Ian Richards; title: "The decline of the news business" / Rick Edmonds; title: "Covering a world that's falling apart, when yours is too" / Marty Steffens; title: Privacy; title: The ethics of privacy / Clifford G. Christians; title: Understanding and respecting privacy / Candace Gauthier; title: Approaching the news, reporters, and consumers; title: Conflicting loyalties and personal choices / Jacqui Banaszynski; title: "A robust future for conflict of interest" / Edward Wasserman; title: Respecting sources; confidentiality : critical but not absolute / Aaron Quinn; title: Consumers and the news : the ethical responsibilities of news consumers / Wendy Wyatt; title: Getting the story; title: The ethos of "getting the story" / Patrick Lee Plaisance; title: Mitigation watchdogs : the ethical foundation for a journalist's role /  Lee Wilkins; title: Ethics and images; title: Image ethics in personal and public domains /  Julianne H. Newton and Rick Williams; title: Ethics and images : five major concerns / Paul Martin Lester.