Media Ethics and Justice in the Age of Globalization

by S. Rao (Editor), H. Wasserman (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137498250
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/13/2015
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	219
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Mohammad Ayish, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Bharat Bhushan, Indian Council of Social Science Research, India Clifford Christians, University of Illinois, USA Nick Couldry, London School of Economics, UK Vipul Mudgal, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), India Shahan Mufti, University of Richmond, USA Shakuntala Rao, State University of New York, USA Prasun Sonwalkar, India Stephen J. A. Ward, Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), Canada Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa Lee Wilkins, Wayne State University, USA

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Media Ethics and Justice in the Age of Globalization; Shakuntala Rao and Herman Wasserman 2. The Moral Priority of Globalism in a Media Saturated World; Stephen J. A. Ward 3. Global Justice and Civil Society; Clifford C. Christians 4. Social Justice and Citizenship in South Africa: The Media's Role; Herman Wasserman 5. Paying for Journalism: An Ethics-Based and Collaborative Business Model; Lee Wilkins 6. News for Sale: Paid news, Media Ethics and India's Democratic Public Sphere; Vipul Mudgal 7. Practices of Indian Journalism: Justice, Ethics, and Globalization; Shakuntala Rao 8. Justice as an Islamic Journalistic Value and Goal; Muhammad Ayish 9. The Idea of Public Good in Rammohan Roy's Early Days of Journalism Ethics; Prasun Sonwalkar 10. The Chief and the Channels: How Satellite Television Sparked a Social Movement for 'Rule of Law' that is Restructuring Political Power in Pakistan; Shahan Mufti 11. The Changing Structures of Media and Ethics in India; Bharat Bhushan

Editorial Reviews

Focusing particularly on the issue of justice as a universal ethical construct, this book contributes to understanding global media ethics. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (J. L. Aucoin, Choice, Vol. 53 (5), January, 2016)

'This book offers a significant and theoretically well informed collection of essays exploring the reciprocal implications of globalization and developments in media. Drawing on cases studies from around the globe, the distinguished contributors offer evidence to inform the scholarly debate about morality in shaping media ecology. It is essential reading for everyone interested in the shifting complexities of media ethics and justice.'

- Bob Franklin, Professor of Journalism Studies, Cardiff University, UK

'Rao and Wasserman's co-edited book argues for a journalism ethics linked to social justice, civil society, and citizenship, a normative argument that cannot be repeated often enough. While advocating strenuously for a global ethics, essayists with experience in academia and the practice of journalism in Pakistan, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, the United States and India have opened up the field for new research on national constraints, including challenges from government control and profit-making ownership.'

- Bella Mody, Professor Emerita and deCastro Chair in Global Media (2004-2014), University of Colorado Boulder, USA

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