Ethics and the Media : An Introduction / Stephen J. A. Ward.
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge Applied Ethics | Cambridge Applied EthicsPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780511977800 (ebook)
- Ethics & the Media
- 175 23
- P94 .W37 2011
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This book is a comprehensive introduction to media ethics and an exploration of how it must change to adapt to today's media revolution. Using an ethical framework for the new 'mixed media' ethics – taking in the global, interactive media produced by both citizens and professionals – Stephen J. A. Ward discusses the ethical issues which occur in both mainstream and non-mainstream media, from newspapers and broadcast to social media users and bloggers. He re-defines traditional conceptions of journalistic truth-seeking, objectivity and minimizing harm, and examines the responsible use of images in an image-saturated public sphere. He also draws the contours of a future media ethics for the 'new mainstream media' and puts forward cosmopolitan principles for a global media ethics. His book will be invaluable for all students of media and for others who are interested in media ethics.
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