Roger Patching, Martin Hirst

Journalism Ethics

Arguments and cases for the twenty-first century

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Produktbeschreibung

Developing a strong philosophical and theoretical framework and taking a consistent political economy approach throughout, this bestselling textbook introduces students to contemporary issues and cases in journalism ethics. Whilst maintaining many Australian examples and building on the already popular structure and content, this new edition introduces a broader international range of examples and considers traditional and social media from a global perspective. Ideas, examples and cases discussed include: * WikiLeaks * Digital technologies and ethico-legal dilemmas * News of the World and phone hacking * Using facebook as a source * Defamatory tweets * The Arab Spring * The Japanese Tsunami and the Christchurch earthquake * Using User Generated Content * Freedom of Information laws * Trial by media * Tiger Woods * Privacy vs. the public right to know * Obama and race * Fake news: is Jon Bon Jovi dead? * Ethics and the use of footage of fatal incidents After looking at the theory and practice of journalism ethics, the book concludes with a guide to on-the-job decision making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 150mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780415656764
• ISBN-10: 0415656761
• Artikelnr.: 39076571

Autorenporträt

Roger Patching has spent more than half a century in journalism and journalism education. This is the eighth journalism text he has co-authored in the past four decades. In 'semi-retirement', he still teaches part time at Bond University on Queensland's Gold Coast, and his doctorate on privacy invasion is nearing completion. His contribution to journalism education has been recognised with life membership of his professional association, the Journalism Education Association of Australia. Martin Hirst has been a journalism scholar for more than 20 years. He worked as a broadcast journalist for 20 years, including a stint in the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Canberra, Australia. He is author, co-author or editor of seven books and scores of journal articles. He is a regular commentator on media matters and currently works at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: The theoretical framework for arguments and cases 1. Ethics and
Philosophy 2. An age of revolutions: Journalism, ethics and freedom of the
press 3. Journalism ethics today Section II: Ethics in practice 4. How far
do you go? Deception and the public interest 5. 'Do you want lies with
that?' - The problems with chequebook journalism 6. Crisis, what crisis?
Foreign correspondence and war reporting - The price of truth Section III:
Dealing with the law - ethically speaking 7. Covering the courts and legal
issues 8. Trial by media 9. Fair dealing - sources, shield laws and PR
Section IV: The big issues in media ethics 10. Do we need to know? Privacy
and the press, an ethico-legal fault line 11. The Ethics of the Image 12.
Social media: the game-changer 13. Ethical decision-making in the newsroom