Journalism and Broadcast Ethics
An International Guide to Ethical Decision-Making
Published on 3. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-240-51653-0 (ISBN)
Description
Written by a journalist with worldwide experience, this guide for journalists in the international sphere includes chapters on broadcast and online journalism and examines international problems of freedom and censorship, versus ethics and morality in various cultures. Topical case studies and codes of practice from around the world are also provided. Journalists, broadcasters and those working online expect to be thrown into abnormal situations on a day-to-day basis. They need to develop ethical instincts - that's what this book is about. This is a comprehensive guide to the practice of journalism in Eastern and Western cultures, taking case studies from China, the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas (North and South) and Europe.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
glossary, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-240-51653-0 (9780240516530)
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Content
A history of ethics and morality; the international journalistic profession; the problems of ethics and the digital age; globalization and new technology in journalism; cultural imperialism; the Internet and satellites; freedom of reporting; international codes of conduct, reporting restrictions, morals and ethics; privacy and freedom in the global, digital context; morality and ethics for broadcast journalists; war, violence, race issues; "it's better to have a newspaper than not to have a newspaper"; morality and ethics for broadcast journalists; broadcast programme and production ethics; internet journalism and broadcast ethics; the ethics of digital manipulation; the ethics of statistics. Appendices: sample of international journalism codes of practice.