Media Ethics: Opening Social DialogueAll of us form some kind of idea about what we see, hear or read in the media, not only about the content of the reports but also about the way in which they are presented and their relevance. We judge the reports as good or bad for this or that reason. And yet most people remain convinced that 'media ethics' has nothing to do with them. The term 'media ethics' leaves many people with the false impression that it refers to an exclusive specialist discipline for professionally trained experts. Ethics is not a field like biochemistry or ancient history : ethics has more to do wit the skill of being able to distinguish good institutions, actions and ideas from ones that are not so good, a skill everybody needs to exercise, certainly in this age where media are so influential. It is important for the well-being of our societies and democracies that the questions about good media are on the top of the agenda of everyone involved in it : producers, broadcasters, journalists, politicians, internet providers and media users. In this volume, well known ethicists and social scientists present their introduction to this question from various perspectives and different points of departure. With their contributions they hope to open a balanced social dialogue that will prevail over commercial and rhetorical violence. |
Contents
Professional Ethics and Ethics Education Vision of | 1 |
Introduction | 9 |
An Intellectual History of Media Ethics | 15 |
Moral Dialogue Creating | 47 |
Normative Paradigms and Public Cultural Truth 69 | 69 |
Media and Democracy 66 | 99 |
Can Human Rights Be a Foundation for Media Ethics? | 127 |
The Need for Understanding Mass Psychology in MediaEthics | 199 |
Journalism Ethics | 249 |
Seven Characteristics of the Ethical Public Communicator | 283 |
Media Ethics and the Issue of Moral Choice | 315 |
Computer Ethics | 325 |
Journalistic Liberty and the Invasion of Privacy | 357 |
Three Examples | 375 |
Ethics for Media Users | 403 |
Fundamental Questions of Audience Ethics | 413 |
Common terms and phrases
active actors advertising advertorials applied ethics audience audiovisual Becel become behaviour Bernstein Blumler broadcasting citizens codes of ethics commercial communication ethics concept consumer councils critical cultural debate decisions democracy democratic dialogue discourse discussion economic editorial Europe European example freedom function global groups Habermas Hamelink human rights ideas identity important individual industry influence infomercials interests issues journalism ethics journalists Laitila London mass media McQuail means media ethics media users ment metaethics modern moral choices moral claims neo-television NORDENSTRENG normative ethics one's opinion organisation participation philosophy political position possible postmodern practice principles problems product placement profes professional ethics programmes protection of sources public communication public sphere question regard regulation relation role Routledge rules Sage self-regulation sion sional situations social responsibility socialisation society sponsored magazines sumers technologies television tion traditional truth Viacom viewer
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Engaging with Contemporary Culture: Christianity, Theology and the Concrete ... Martyn Percy No preview available - 2005 |