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Ethics of Media

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), xi, 298 pp.

Contains illustrations, index

ISBN 978-0-230-34783-0 (pbk); 978-1-137-31751-3 (eBook)

Signature commbox: 10-Ethics-E 2013

"Ethics of Media reopens the question of media ethics. Taking an exploratory rather than prescriptive approach, an esteemed collection of contributors tackle the diverse areas of moral questioning at work within various broadcasting practices, accommodating the plurality and complexity of present-day ethical challenges posed by the world of media." (Publisher description)
1 Ethics of Media: An Introduction / Nick Couldry, Mirca Madianou and Amit Pinchevski, 1
I. FRAMINGS
2 Media Freedoms and Media Standards / Onora O'Neill, 21
3 Living Well with and through Media / Nick Couldry, 39
4 Arendt on Media Ethics: Revisiting Traditions as the Heart of the Public Sphere / Ronald C. Arnett, 57
5 Anthropological Realism for Global Media Ethics / Clifford G. Christians and Stephen J. A. Ward, 72
II. INTERFACES
6 The Culture of Blogging: At the Crossroads of Narcissism and Ethics / Joanna Zylinska, 91
7 Facing the Image: Towards an Ethics of Seeing / Roy Brand and Amit Pinchevski, 106
8 The Predicament of (Journalism) Ethics as Seen in the About-to-Die Image: Lévinas's Subjunctive Mood and the Third / Piotr M. Szpunar, 120
9 Liberal Ethics and the Spectacle of War / Lilie Chouliarak, 136
III. MEDIATIONS
10 On Whose Terms Are You Shown? (or, at least, following what principles?) / Daniel Dayan, 161
11 Ethics of Mediation and the Voice of the Injured Subject / Mirca Madianou, 178
12 A Meta-ethical Analysis of Moral Discourse on the Jeremy Kyle Show / Peter Lunt and Joseph Livingstone, 198
IV. PRACTICES
13 'Ethical Living' in the Media and in Philosophy / Sabina Lovibond, 215
14 WikiLeaks, National Security and Cosmopolitan Ethics / Damian Tambini, 232
15 Journalism, Ethics and the Impact of Competition / Angela Phillips, 255
16 When Practice Is Undercut by Ethics / Barbie Zelizer, 271