Controversies in Media Ethics offers students, instructors and professionals multiple perspectives on media ethics issues presenting vast "gray areas" and few, if any, easy answers. This third edition includes a wide range of subjects, and demonstrates a willingness to tackle the problems raised by new technologies, new media, new politics and new economics. The core of the text is formed by 14 chapters, each of which deals with a particular problem or likelihood of ethical dilemma, presented as different points of view on the topic in question, as argued by two or more contributing authors. The 15th chapter is a collection of "mini-chapters," allowing students to discern first-hand how to deal with ethical problems. Contributing authors John A. Armstrong, Peter J. Gade, Julianne H. Newton, Kim Sheehan, and Jane B. Singer provide additional voices and perspectives on various topics under discussion. This edition has been thoroughly updated to provide: discussions of issues reflecting the breadth and depth of the media spectrum numerous real-world examples broad discussion of confidentiality and other timely topics A Companion Website (www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415963329) supplies resources for both students and instructors. You can also join the Controversies community on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CME3rd Developed for use in media ethics courses, Controversies in Media Ethics provides up-to-date discussions and analysis of ethical situations across a variety of media, including issues dealing with the Internet and new media. It provides a unique consideration of ethical concerns, and serves as provocative reading for all media students.

In this volume, several communication researchers deal with different moral controversial issues. Communication and ethics are two faces of the same coin, because communication is just the ability of the human being to respect the equal condition of others to their right to be informed of social matters. Only when they have had right information about the public interest they can participate in their community as citizens. In this book we collected different significant contributions on communication and the main current questions of moral dilemmas.

Controversies in Digital Ethics explores ethical frameworks within digital culture. Through a combination of theoretical examination and specific case studies, the essays in this volume provide a vigorous examination of ethics in a highly individualistic and mediated world. Focusing on specific controversies-privacy, surveillance, identity politics, participatory culture-the authors in this volume provide a roadmap for navigating the thorny ethical issues in new media. Paul Booth and Amber Davisson bring together multiple writers working from different theoretical traditions to represent the multiplicity of ethics in the 21st century. Each essay has been chosen to focus on a particular issue in contemporary ethical thinking in order to both facilitate classroom discussion and further scholarship in digital media ethics. Accessible for students, but with a robust analysis providing contemporary scholarship in media ethics, this collection unites theory, case studies, and practice within one volume.

Provides students and practitioners with a carefully constructed set of opposing arguments which focus on several major controversies facing mass media practitioners today. Each chapter deals with specific controversies and has two contrasting points of view on a major problem written by two different authors.

This special issue shows that "old ethics" don't always provide ready answers to problems raised by new technology. Exploring the perplexing topic of ethics in new media, this special issue: *examines the ethics of the highly controversial 1998 Cincinnati Enquirer exposé of Chiquita Brands International; *reports on a pilot project involving online journalists and online journalism graduate students; *investigates the extent to which e-mail and listservs are--and could be--effective fora for journalists interested in exploring matters of ethics; and *provides a useful annotated webliography of information resources.

You'll find yourself engaged firsthand in controversial issues in the Second Edition of Ethics in Media Communications. As you take on the role of ethical decision maker, you'll analyze rich and original case studies, arrive at your own conclusions - and master the process of moral reasoning. Author Louis A. Day prepares you for the journey by providing a clear decision-making model - a framework to help you structure your thinking. Along the way, familiar examples - the O. J. Simpson trial, the Waco standoff, and the Oklahoma City bombing - illustrate the complex nature of ethics in our society. You'll contemplate ethical concerns from journalism, advertising, PR, and entertainment by focusing on the underlying values common to them all - truth, privacy, confidentiality, and social justice. You'll grapple with issues of race, gender, age, and sexual orientation. And you'll consider perhaps the broadest question of all: Are there universal standards to which media practitioners should aspire?

Ethics for Journalists tackles many of the issues which journalists face in their everyday lives – from the media's supposed obsession with sex, sleaze and sensationalism, to issues of regulation and censorship. Its accessible style and question and answer approach highlights the relevance of ethical issues for everyone involved in journalism, both trainees and professionals, whether working in print, broadcast or new media. Ethics for Journalists provides a comprehensive overview of ethical dilemmas and features interviews with a number of journalists, including the celebrated investigative reporter Phillip Knightley. Presenting a range of imaginative strategies for improving media standards and supported by a thorough bibliography and a wide ranging list of websites, Ethics for Journalists, second edition, considers many problematic subjects including: representations of gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, mental health and suicide ethics online – ‘citizen journalism’ and its challenges to ‘professionalism’ controversial calls for a privacy law to restrain the power of the press journalistic techniques such as sourcing the news, doorstepping, deathknocks and the use of subterfuge the handling of confidential sources and the dilemmas of war and peace reporting.

The Current Controversies series examines today's most important social and political issues; each volume presents a diverse selection of primary and secondary sources representing all sides of the debate in question.; This title explores issues related to Media Ethics, including a summary of current media ethics issues, the issue of whether telling the truth should take precedence over ethics, how far journalists should go to avoid compromising objectivity, and the eff; Each anthology is composed of a wide spectrum of sources written by many of the foremost authorities in their respective fields. This unique approach provides students with a concise view of divergent opinions on each topic. Extensive book and periodical

This diverse and up-to date compilation of classroom-tested cases in media ethics is now available in a new edition. Media Ethics combines real-life and hypothetical cases with a succinct introduction to relevant ethical theory, helping students prepare for the ethical situations they will encounter in the media professions. Ideal as the main text in a media ethics course or as a supplemental text in any course in journalism