From theory to practice : how to assess and apply impartiality in news and current affairs / / edited by Leon Barkho ; Michael Eckhardt, copy editor ; Ellen Thomas, cover designer ; Tim Mitchell, production manager

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464455903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, England ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : Intellect, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-78320-229-7; 1-78320-228-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BarkhoLeon; ThomasEllen; EckhardtMichael; MitchellTim
• Disciplina: 302.23097309045
• Soggetti: Journalism - Objectivity; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Sub Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction: The theory and practice of impartiality in news and current affairs""; ""Impartiality and controversy""; ""Mentalities, religion and impartiality""; ""Religious insignia and impartiality""; ""Language and impartiality""; ""Impartiality and linguistic strata""; ""Impartiality, transparency and institutions""; ""Impartiality and autonomy""; ""Critical impartiality""; ""Impartiality and deliberation""; ""No single hegemonic model""; ""The book and its chapters""; ""References""; ""Part I: Theories""""Chapter 1: How mainstream media can learn from philosophical deliberations of impartiality""; ""What is impartiality?""; ""Media impartiality and philosophy""; ""Subjective and objective impartiality""; ""Judicial and journalistic impartiality""; ""Personal and corporate partialities""; ""Clarence Thomas""; ""Impartiality images and mottoes""; ""Types of impartiality""; ""Ethical impartiality""; ""Right or wrong' moral propositions""; ""Victimizer or victimized""; ""Utilitarian ; impartiality""; ""The fire cause""; ""Lessons to be learned""; ""Critical impartiality""""The disinterested observer""; ""Habermas and impartiality""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Assessing, measuring and applying public value tests beyond new media: Interpreting impartiality and plurality in debates about journalism standards""; ""Introduction""; ""Interpreting impartiality in the reporting of the four nations in the UKand devolved politics""; ""From normative values to empirical judgments: identifying public value in news produced by competing media systems""; ""Shaping the future of news: why scholars should inform evidence-based reviews in media policy-making""""References""; ""Notes""; ""Part II: Applications""; ""Chapter 3: PSYOPS or journalism? Norwegian information warfare in Afghanistan""; ""Introduction""; ""Historical background""; ""PSYOPS in the Balkans""; ""Peace journalism as a theoretical tool""; ""Information warfare and PR""; ""NATO's PSYOPS policy""; ""Definitions""; ""From PSYOPS to Miso?""; ""Norwegian PSYOPS""; ""Responsibility and emphasis""; ""PSYOPS and the media""; ""PSYOPS in the Afghanistan strategy""; ""Norway versus US?""""Examples of American PSYOPS""; ""Norwegian PSYOPS in a comparative perspective""; ""ISAF's PSYOPS operation in the media: Sada-e Azadi magazine as case study""; ""Case study: Sada-e Azadi (issue 215)""; ""Conclusion: Sada-e Azadi magazine in light of Johan Galtung's model""; ""References""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 4: A strategic ritual for all?""; ""Objectivity and impartiality in journalism""; ""Objectivity as attitude and method""; ""Uniform objectivity?""; ""Methods""; ""Data collection""; ""Variables""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Note""; ""Chapter 5: Web hate in social and mainstream media: Why Anders Behring Breivik is (not) a hero""