Edward H. Spence, Andrew Alexandra, Aaron Quinn, Anne Dunn

Media, Markets, and Morals

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Media, Markets, and Morals provides an original ethicalframework designed specifically for evaluating ethical issues inthe media, including new media. The authors apply their account ofthe moral role of the media, in their dual capacity as informationproviders for the public good and as businesses run for profit, tospecific morally problematic practices and question how ethicalbehavior can be promoted within the industry.

Brings together experts in the fields of media studies andmedia ethics, information ethics, and professional ethics
Offers an original ethical framework designed specifically forevaluating ethical issues in the media, including new media
Builds upon and further develops an innovative theoreticalmodel for examining and evaluating media corruption and methods ofmedia anti-corruption previously developed by authors Spence andQuinn
Discloses and clarifies the inherent ethical nature ofinformation and its communication to which the media as providersof information are necessarily committed

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781405175470
• ISBN-10: 1405175478
• Artikelnr.: 33392350

Autorenporträt

Edward H. Spence PhD is Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Industries, Charles Sturt University, Australia. He is a Research Fellow at the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology, Netherlands and the Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of several books including Ethics in a Digital Era (2018), Media Markets and Morals (2011), and Ethics Within Reason: A Neo-Gewirthian Approach (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Information Ethics as a Guide for the
Media: Old Tricks for New Dogs 3 The Business of the Media and the Business
of the Market 4 Professionalism in Behavior and Identity 5 A Conflict of
Media Roles: Advertising, Public Relations, and Journalism 6 Corruption in
the Media 7 Two Dimensions of Photo Manipulation: Correction and Corruption
8 Promoting, Codifying, and Regulating Ethics 9 Moral Excellence and Role
Models in the Media Index

Rezensionen

"This is a wonderful book. It moves effortlessly between theory and practice. The boxed cases are sharp and to the point. A must buy for classes and for scholars wishing to reflect on these compelling questions."
--Michael Boylan, Marymount University