Journalism's Ethical Progression

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This sterling book is a showcase of quality scholarship, with a readability index of ten. Contrary to the anthology genre, every chapter without exception is rigorous and path-breaking. Its cohesion is marvelous, the result of prior collaborations, and the masterpiece essays of introduction and conclusion. Journalism's Ethical Progression: A Twentieth-Century Journey demonstrates its thesis that the ideas and strategies from critical junctures in history enable our understanding of the complicated issues today. -- Clifford G. Christians, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This is an enlightening book that helps illustrate how contemporary concepts of media ethics evolved, from the development of ethics codes through the debate over the professionalization of the media industry. The book chronicles how the profession came to understand its own ideals, particularly within the rise and fall of the corporate, non-partisan press. Authors draw from historic trade news articles, company reports, and journalism society records to document creation of ethical standards and the definition of "journalist." -- Ginny Whitehouse, Eastern Kentucky University