Media Ethics
London: Routledge (1998), xv, 195 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 179-186, index
ISBN 0-415-16838-4 (pbk); 0-203-00361-6 (ebook)
"Media Ethics brings together philosophers, academics and media professionals to debate pressing ethical and moral questions for journalists and the media and to examine basic notions such as truth, virtue, privacy, rights, offence, harm and freedom which are used in answering them." (Publisher description)
1 Journalism and ethics: can they co-exist? / Andrew Belsey, 1
2 The journalism of attachment / Martin Bell, 15
3 Objectivity, impartiality and good journalism / Matthew Kieran, 23
4 The problem of humbug / Mary Midgley, 37
5 Journalism, politics and public relations: an ethical appraisal / Brian McNair, 49
6 The myth of Saddam Hussein: new militarism and the propaganda function of the human interest story / Richard Keeble, 66
7 Privacy, the public interest and a prurient public / David Archard, 82
8 Beyond Calcutt: the legal and extra-legal protection of privacy interests in England and Wales / Ian Cram, 97
9 Taming the tabloids: market, moguls and media regulation / Bob Franklin and Rod Pilling, 111
10 Ethical photojournalism in the age of the electronic darkroom / Nigel Warburton, 123
11 Is the medium a (moral) message? / Noël Carroll, 135
12 Sex and violence in fact and fiction / Gordon Graham, 152
13 Censorship and the media / Anthony Ellis, 165
2 The journalism of attachment / Martin Bell, 15
3 Objectivity, impartiality and good journalism / Matthew Kieran, 23
4 The problem of humbug / Mary Midgley, 37
5 Journalism, politics and public relations: an ethical appraisal / Brian McNair, 49
6 The myth of Saddam Hussein: new militarism and the propaganda function of the human interest story / Richard Keeble, 66
7 Privacy, the public interest and a prurient public / David Archard, 82
8 Beyond Calcutt: the legal and extra-legal protection of privacy interests in England and Wales / Ian Cram, 97
9 Taming the tabloids: market, moguls and media regulation / Bob Franklin and Rod Pilling, 111
10 Ethical photojournalism in the age of the electronic darkroom / Nigel Warburton, 123
11 Is the medium a (moral) message? / Noël Carroll, 135
12 Sex and violence in fact and fiction / Gordon Graham, 152
13 Censorship and the media / Anthony Ellis, 165
