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Good News: Social Ethics and the Press (Communication and Society)

Book information

Year
1993
ISBN
0195084322, 9780195084320, 0195074319
LCC
PN4888.P6 C47 1993
Open Library ID
OL1709454M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (19088561 bytes)
Pages
288\282
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Mass media ethics and the classical liberal ideal of the autonomous individual are historically linked and professionally dominant--yet the authors of this work feel this is intrinsically flawed. They show how recent research in philosophy and social science--together with a longer tradition in theological inquiry--insist that community, mutuality, and relationship are fundamental to a full concept of personhood. The authors argue that "persons-in-community" provides a more defensible grounding for journalists' professional moral decision-making in crucial areas such as truthtelling, privacy, organizational culture, and balanced coverage. With numerous examples drawn from life as well as from theory, this book will interest journalists, editors, and professionals in media management as well as students and scholars of media ethics, reporting, and media law.

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