Media Ethics and Social Change / Edition 1

by Valerie Alia

Overview

This book introduces students to the challenges of media ethics and socially responsible media practice. Using US and international case studies based on real-life experiences of journalists, newsmakers, policy makers, and consumers, Valerie Alia invites readers to examine the pressing ethical and moral questions faced by the media and develop strategies for ethical problem solving and decision-making.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415971997
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/06/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Valerie Alia is Reader in Media Ethics and Culture in the University of Sunderland School of Arts, Design, Media and Culture; Senior Associate of the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge; and Co-Research Director of the Institute of Communication Ethics. She has more than 20 years of experience as a journalist and an academic in Britain, Canada, and the United States.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface 1. Life, the universe and ethics I: everyday problems and ethical theories 2. Life, the universe and ethics II: social scientific theories and ethical practice 3. Lies, truths and realities: the search for a responsible practice 4. The ethics of accuracy and inclusion: reflecting and respecting diversity 5. The empire strikes forward: internationalisation of the media 6. Struggle and spin: politics, politicians and the media 7. A picture is worth a thousand...: ethics and images 8. 'Trust me, I'm a friend': the ethics of interviewing 9. Specialist media: entertaining and informing the public 10. Changing technologies: prospects and problems 11. Codes and principles: what (and where) are they, and are they useful? Appendices A Notes on case analysis B Journalists and journalism on film: an ethics-based filmography and videography C Media ethics resources on the Internet D Codes of practice and statements of principles Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

This book provides a wealth of evidence for the centrality and the need for ethics across all genres of journalistic and media activity. It brings theory and practice together in accessible and practical ways, and offers a rich resource for further work in the form of valuable appendices and practical exercises. The book will be of real use in the introduction of ethics to theoretical and practical university courses in journalism and media studies, but it will also work for industry and community training programs: and that is quite an accomplishment.

Professor Terry Threadgold