Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives
Walden, Mass.; Oxford: Wiley Blackwell (2013), 326 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 9781405183918 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Ethics-E 2013
"Through case studies, analysis of emerging practices, and theoretical discussion, a team of leading journalism and communication experts investigate the impact of major global trends on responsible journalism and lead readers to better understand changes in media ethics. Chapters look at how these changes promote or inhibit responsible journalism, how such changes challenge existing standards, and how media ethics can develop to take account of global news media. In light of the fact that media journalism is now, and will increasingly become, multimedia in format and global in its scope and influence, the book argues that global media impact entails global responsibilities: It is therefore critical that media ethics rethinks its basic notions, standards, and practices from a more cosmopolitan perspective." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Media Ethics as Global / Stephen Ward, 1
PART I: MEDIA ETHICS WORLDWIDE
1 Why Media Ethics Still Matters / Nick Couldry, 13
2 Universals and Differences in Global Journalism Ethics / Thomas Hanitzsch, Patrick Lee Plaisance, and Elizabeth A. Skewes, 30
3 The Only Way is Ethics: The Role of the Journalist in Reporting International Conflicts / Howard Tumber, 50
4 Global Journalism Networks: Funding and Ethical Hurdles / Brant Houston, 69
PART II: MEDIA AND DIVERSE PUBLIC SPHERES
5 Contextual Ethics and Arab Mass Media / Ralph Berenger & Mustafa Taha, 89
6 From Journalism Ethics to an Ethics of Citizenship: Evidence from Colombia / Hernando Rojas and Tim Macafee, 110
7 Media Ethics in a New Democracy: South African Perspectives on Freedom, Dignity and Citizenship / Herman Wasserman, 126
8 Democratization by Boilerplate: National Media, International Norms, and Sovereign National Building in a Post-War Liberia / Jo Ellen Fair, 146
PART III: GLOBAL ISSUES
9 The Role of Global Media in Telling the Climate Change Story / Sharon Dunwoody and Magda Konieczna, 171
10 Ethics of Global Disaster Reporting: Journalistic Witnessing and Objectivity / Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Mervi Pantti, 191
11 Affective Expertise: The Journalism Ethics of Celebrity Sourcing / Katherine M. Bell, 214
12 Global Media Ethics, Justice, and Indian Journalism / Shakuntala Rao, 235
PART IV: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
13 Global Media Ethics? Issues, Requirements, Challenges, Resolutions / Charles M. Ess, 253
14 Global Ethics and the Problem of Relativism / Clifford G. Christians, 272
15 Global Media Ethics: Utopian or Realistic? / Stephen J. A. Ward, 295
PART I: MEDIA ETHICS WORLDWIDE
1 Why Media Ethics Still Matters / Nick Couldry, 13
2 Universals and Differences in Global Journalism Ethics / Thomas Hanitzsch, Patrick Lee Plaisance, and Elizabeth A. Skewes, 30
3 The Only Way is Ethics: The Role of the Journalist in Reporting International Conflicts / Howard Tumber, 50
4 Global Journalism Networks: Funding and Ethical Hurdles / Brant Houston, 69
PART II: MEDIA AND DIVERSE PUBLIC SPHERES
5 Contextual Ethics and Arab Mass Media / Ralph Berenger & Mustafa Taha, 89
6 From Journalism Ethics to an Ethics of Citizenship: Evidence from Colombia / Hernando Rojas and Tim Macafee, 110
7 Media Ethics in a New Democracy: South African Perspectives on Freedom, Dignity and Citizenship / Herman Wasserman, 126
8 Democratization by Boilerplate: National Media, International Norms, and Sovereign National Building in a Post-War Liberia / Jo Ellen Fair, 146
PART III: GLOBAL ISSUES
9 The Role of Global Media in Telling the Climate Change Story / Sharon Dunwoody and Magda Konieczna, 171
10 Ethics of Global Disaster Reporting: Journalistic Witnessing and Objectivity / Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Mervi Pantti, 191
11 Affective Expertise: The Journalism Ethics of Celebrity Sourcing / Katherine M. Bell, 214
12 Global Media Ethics, Justice, and Indian Journalism / Shakuntala Rao, 235
PART IV: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
13 Global Media Ethics? Issues, Requirements, Challenges, Resolutions / Charles M. Ess, 253
14 Global Ethics and the Problem of Relativism / Clifford G. Christians, 272
15 Global Media Ethics: Utopian or Realistic? / Stephen J. A. Ward, 295
