Media Ethics: Issues and Cases - Softcover

Patterson, Philip; Wilkins, Lee

3.24

25 ratings by Goodreads

9780072373882: Media Ethics: Issues and Cases

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072373881 ISBN 13: 9780072373882

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2001

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Media Ethics combines real-life and hypothetical cases with a succinct introduction to relevant ethical theory, helping students prepare for the ethical situations they will encounter in the media professions. Ideal as the main text in a media ethics course or as a supplemental text in any course in journalism.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Publisher:

22 NEW cases focus on current issues including: Calvin Klein Kiddie Porn Ads, Beavis and Butthead and the standards of entertainment, Richard Jewel and the Olympic bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Susan Smith child murder case, the David Duke Candidacy, and the authorship of Primary Colors.
A NEW chapter, Ethics in Cyberspace, introduces students to the controversial issues surrounding electronic media.
New appendix, From the Past: Historical Glimpses of Media Ethics, provides students with a historical background to the study of media ethics.
Forty-eight cases from 36 academicians and professionals in the media encourage students to actively wrestle with a variety of ethical issues
Discussion questions at the end of each case are divided into those dealing with micro, middle-range, and macro topics, helping students move from particular issues to more universal ones.
A solid base of theory helps students deepen their sense of personal ethics so they can better assess and come to informed conclusions about any ethical situation they may face

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.