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Media Accountability: Who Will Watch the Watchdog in the Twitter Age? - Softcover

 
9781138702158: Media Accountability: Who Will Watch the Watchdog in the Twitter Age?
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138702153 ISBN 13: 9781138702158
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

A small collection of well-honed tools has been employed for some time by media practitioners and the public to help maintain and improve the credibility of journalism and the mass media. These media accountability tools have included ethics codes, media critics, news councils, ombudsmen, journalism reviews and pubic/civic journalism initiatives. Now, in the 21st Century, the mass media are increasingly being buffeted by a perfect storm of declining subscribers and audience share, dwindling advertising revenue, changing corporate demands, unpredictable audiences and new-media competition. If journalism and the mass media are to stay afloat and be credible, the media accountability toolbox needs to contain suitable tools for the job, which begs the question: Who will Watch the Watchdog in the Twitter Age? This book contains answers to this question from the perspective of 17 media ethics experts from around the globe. Their answers will help shape and define for years to come the tools in the media ethics toolbox.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics.

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About the Author

William A. Babcock is senior scholar/professor of media ethics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA; deputy director of SIUC’s School of Journalism; and editor of Gateway Journalism Review. Dr. Babcock has worked at the Christian Science Monitor as senior international news editor and writing coach, directed the University of Minnesota’s Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, and was founding chairman of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Media Ethics Division.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138702153
ISBN 13 
9781138702158
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
176
Editor
Babcock William