Communication Ethics and Universal Values
Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi: Sage (1997), 384 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 344-362, index
Reviewed in: CAMECO Media Forum, issue 1997-3, p. 11
Signature commbox: 10-Ethics 1997
"This volume is designed to revolutionize the field of communication by identifying a broad ethical theory which transcends the world of mass media practice to reveal a more humane and responsible code of values. The contributors, representing a diverse range of intercultural perspectives, defend the possibility of universal moral imperatives such as justice, reciprocity and human dignity. Through an examination of the values in which their cultures are grounded, they provide a short list of ethical principles which form the common ground from which to view contemporary issues in the media, interpersonal communication, mediation and conflict resolution." (Publisher description)
I. FOUNDATIONS AND FRAMEWORK
1 The Ethics of Being in a Communications Context / Clifford Christians, 3
2 The Moral Dimension of Communicating / Antonio Pasquali, 24
3 Discourse Ethics and Its Relevance for Communication and Media Ethics / Edmund Arens, 46
4 Universal Values and Moral Development Theories / Deni Elliott, 68
II. PROTONORMS ACROSS CULTURES
5 The Basic Norm of Truthfulness: Its Ethical Justification and Universality / Dietmar Mieth, 87
6 The Arab-Islamic Heritage in Communication Ethics / Muhammad I Ayish and Haydar Badawi Sadig, 105
7 Ethics and the Discourse on Ethics in Post-Colonial India / Anantha Sudhaker Babbili, 128
8 Communication Ethics in a Latin American Context / Gabriel Jaime Perez, 159
9 Communalistic Societies: Community and Self-Respect as African Values / Andrew Azukaego Moemeka, 170
10 Emergent Values from American Indian Discourse / Cynthia-Lou Coleman, 194
III. APPLICATIONS
11 Communication, Hope and Ethics / Pedro Gomes, 211
12 Communication Ethics in a Changing Chinese Society: The Case of Taiwan / Georgette Wang, 225
13 Japanese Style Communication in a New Global Age / Hideo Takeichi, 244
14 Vagaries of Time and Place: Media Ethics in Poland / Karol Jakubowicz, 259
15 Accepting the Other: On the Ethics of Intercultural Communication in Ethnographic Film / Keyan Tomaselli and Arnold Shepperson, 277
16 Women, Welfare and the United States Media / Robin Andersen, 300
CONCLUSION
An Ethics of Communication Worthy of Human Beings / Michael Traber, 327
1 The Ethics of Being in a Communications Context / Clifford Christians, 3
2 The Moral Dimension of Communicating / Antonio Pasquali, 24
3 Discourse Ethics and Its Relevance for Communication and Media Ethics / Edmund Arens, 46
4 Universal Values and Moral Development Theories / Deni Elliott, 68
II. PROTONORMS ACROSS CULTURES
5 The Basic Norm of Truthfulness: Its Ethical Justification and Universality / Dietmar Mieth, 87
6 The Arab-Islamic Heritage in Communication Ethics / Muhammad I Ayish and Haydar Badawi Sadig, 105
7 Ethics and the Discourse on Ethics in Post-Colonial India / Anantha Sudhaker Babbili, 128
8 Communication Ethics in a Latin American Context / Gabriel Jaime Perez, 159
9 Communalistic Societies: Community and Self-Respect as African Values / Andrew Azukaego Moemeka, 170
10 Emergent Values from American Indian Discourse / Cynthia-Lou Coleman, 194
III. APPLICATIONS
11 Communication, Hope and Ethics / Pedro Gomes, 211
12 Communication Ethics in a Changing Chinese Society: The Case of Taiwan / Georgette Wang, 225
13 Japanese Style Communication in a New Global Age / Hideo Takeichi, 244
14 Vagaries of Time and Place: Media Ethics in Poland / Karol Jakubowicz, 259
15 Accepting the Other: On the Ethics of Intercultural Communication in Ethnographic Film / Keyan Tomaselli and Arnold Shepperson, 277
16 Women, Welfare and the United States Media / Robin Andersen, 300
CONCLUSION
An Ethics of Communication Worthy of Human Beings / Michael Traber, 327
