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Media Ethics and Social Change / Valerie Alia.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Media Topics : METOPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748617739
  • 9781474463898
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.930223 22
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: why study ethics? -- 1. Life, the universe and ethics I: everyday problems and ethical theories -- 2. Life, the universe and ethics II: social scientific theories and ethical practice -- 3. Lies, truths and realities: the search for a responsible practice -- 4. The ethics of accuracy and inclusion: reflecting and respecting diversity -- 5. The empire strikes forward: internationalisation of the media -- 6. Struggle and spin: politics, politicians and the media -- 7. A picture is worth a thousand ... : ethics and images -- 8. 'Trust me, I'm a friend': the ethics of interviewing -- 9. Specialist media: entertaining and informing the public -- 10. Changing technologies: prospects and problems -- 11. Codes and principles: what (and where) are they, and are they useful? -- Appendix A. Notes on case analysis -- Appendix B. Journalists and journalism on film: an ethics-based filmography and videography - and a CD -- Appendix C. Media ethics resources on the Internet -- Appendix D. Codes of practice and statements of principles -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: An engaging and original study of current issues in media ethics, this book challenges students to explore the relationship between media ethics and social change. It considers the potentially beneficial uses of media practice for humanity, addressing questions of inclusivity and diversity and specialist topics that are absent from other texts. Using case studies and exercises based on real-life experiences of journalists, newsmakers, policy makers and consumers, Valerie Alia invites readers to examine current media practice and develop strategies for ethical problem solving and decision-making.Topics discussed include: ethical theories; social scientific theories; the search for a responsible practice; internationalisation of the media; the ethics of interviewing; politicians, power and spin; media, minorities and gender; arts, sports and travel; ethics and images; changing technologies; and codes and principles.FeaturesThe only book to consider media ethics in the context of social changeProvides current examples of British and international media practice, theory, problem-solving exercises, workshop simulations and case studiesIncludes original cartoons, rare photographs of great 'muckrakers', an annotated list of relevant films, and a full bibliography and index.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: why study ethics? -- 1. Life, the universe and ethics I: everyday problems and ethical theories -- 2. Life, the universe and ethics II: social scientific theories and ethical practice -- 3. Lies, truths and realities: the search for a responsible practice -- 4. The ethics of accuracy and inclusion: reflecting and respecting diversity -- 5. The empire strikes forward: internationalisation of the media -- 6. Struggle and spin: politics, politicians and the media -- 7. A picture is worth a thousand ... : ethics and images -- 8. 'Trust me, I'm a friend': the ethics of interviewing -- 9. Specialist media: entertaining and informing the public -- 10. Changing technologies: prospects and problems -- 11. Codes and principles: what (and where) are they, and are they useful? -- Appendix A. Notes on case analysis -- Appendix B. Journalists and journalism on film: an ethics-based filmography and videography - and a CD -- Appendix C. Media ethics resources on the Internet -- Appendix D. Codes of practice and statements of principles -- Bibliography -- Index

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An engaging and original study of current issues in media ethics, this book challenges students to explore the relationship between media ethics and social change. It considers the potentially beneficial uses of media practice for humanity, addressing questions of inclusivity and diversity and specialist topics that are absent from other texts. Using case studies and exercises based on real-life experiences of journalists, newsmakers, policy makers and consumers, Valerie Alia invites readers to examine current media practice and develop strategies for ethical problem solving and decision-making.Topics discussed include: ethical theories; social scientific theories; the search for a responsible practice; internationalisation of the media; the ethics of interviewing; politicians, power and spin; media, minorities and gender; arts, sports and travel; ethics and images; changing technologies; and codes and principles.FeaturesThe only book to consider media ethics in the context of social changeProvides current examples of British and international media practice, theory, problem-solving exercises, workshop simulations and case studiesIncludes original cartoons, rare photographs of great 'muckrakers', an annotated list of relevant films, and a full bibliography and index.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)