Belsey, Andrew.

Ethical Issues in Journalism and the Media. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (194 pages) - Professional Ethics Ser. . - Professional Ethics Ser. .

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 restrictions -- Chapter 11 Something more important than truth: ethical issues in war reporting -- Select bibliography on ethics, journalism and the media -- Index.

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.

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Journalism -- Objectivity.
Journalism -- Philosophy.
Journalistic ethics.
Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Privacy, Right of.


Electronic books.

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