Desperately seeking ethics : a guide to media conduct /

In this media ethics textbook, 13 media ethics educators contribute 13 essays, each of which analyzes a cultural document (e.g. poem, movie, song, speech) for implied or explicit ethical lessons and then applies the lessons to a case of controversial media conduct. Topics include the lessons of Mitc...

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Other Authors: Good, Howard, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.
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Summary:In this media ethics textbook, 13 media ethics educators contribute 13 essays, each of which analyzes a cultural document (e.g. poem, movie, song, speech) for implied or explicit ethical lessons and then applies the lessons to a case of controversial media conduct. Topics include the lessons of Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, media coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, the experience of journalists going undercover, media power and greed, the media response to baseball player John Rocker's racist and sexist comments, the reality television genre, pro wrestling, and Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Incorporated, Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Incorporated.
Physical Description:xii, 217 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:081084642X
9780810846425
0810846438
9780810846432