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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461841503321

Autore

Ward Stephen J. A (Stephen John Anthony), <1951->

Titolo

The invention of journalism ethics : the path to objectivity and beyond / / Stephen J.A. Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal [Québec] ; ; Chicago [Illinois] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2015]

Ottawa, Ontario : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2015

ISBN

0-7735-9806-5

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; ; 38

Disciplina

174.90704

Soggetti

Journalistic ethics

Journalism - Objectivity

Objectivity

Libros electronicos.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-420) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- part one. Ethics and objectivity -- 1. Ethics as proposal -- 2. Objectivity : senses and origins -- 3. Objectivity : ancient, early modern, positivist -- part two. The evolution of journalism ethics -- 4. The invention of journalism ethics : the seventeenth century -- 5. The invention of a public ethic : the eighteenth century -- 6. Anticipating objectivity : the nineteenth century -- 7. Objectivity and after : the twentieth century -- 8. Pragmatic objectivity -- part three. From pre-digital to digital ethics -- 9. Birth of digital journalism ethics -- 10. Global journalism ethics,