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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953169803321

Titolo

Ethical issues in journalism and the media / / edited by Andrew Belsey and Ruth Chadwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992

ISBN

1-280-36096-8

9786610360963

0-203-00588-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Professional ethics

Altri autori (Persone)

BelseyAndrew

ChadwickRuth F

Disciplina

174/.9097

Soggetti

Journalistic ethics

Journalism - Philosophy

Journalism - Objectivity

Privacy, Right of

Mass media - Moral and ethical aspects

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 (p. [171]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; General editors' foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Ethics and politics of the media: the quest for quality; Chapter 2 Journalism in the market place; Chapter 3 Owners, editors and journalists; Chapter 4 Freedom of speech, the media and the law; Chapter 5 Codes of conduct for journalists; Chapter 6 Privacy, publicity and politics; Chapter 7 Honesty in investigative journalism; Chapter 8 Objectivity, bias and truth; Chapter 9 Women and the press

Chapter 10 The oxygen of publicity: terrorism and reporting restrictionsChapter 11 Something more important than truth: ethical issues in war reporting; Select bibliography on ethics, journalism and the media; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the ethical concepts which lie at the heart of journalism, including freedom, democracy, truth, objectivity, honesty and privacy.  The common concern of the authors is to promote ethical conduct in the practice of journalism, as well as the quality of the



information that readers and audience receive from the media.