Communication Ethics Now - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906221049 ISBN 13: 9781906221041

Publisher: Troubador Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Today we face unprecedented crises: mass poverty, a global economic downturn, environmental degradation, the ever-onward rise of authoritarianism and militarism to name but a few. In order to tackle these issues we need to engage in dialogue, to communicate well, to break down the divisions and encourage understanding rather than hatred. And we need to act creatively to inspire new ways of communicating. Communication Ethics Now draws on an eclectic range of articles from Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics to explore these issues in detail. The list of distinguished, international writers include: • Libby Purves on how ethical idealism fades with age • John Tulloch on the British press and torture • Simon Goldsworthy on PR ethics • Raphael Cohen-Almagor on the ethics of teaching about abortion • Moira Carroll-Mayer and Bernd Carsten Stahl on the ethics of cyberspace. Separate sections explore journalism ethics, communication ethics and pedagogy, philosophical issues - and business and communication ethics.

About this title

Synopsis

Communication lies at the heart of human experience. After all, we know about our world largely through communication. We engage in discussions with family, friends and colleagues (both on and off-line and via the telephone). We consume books, advertisements, photographs, letters, newspapers, magazines and the broadcast media. Increasingly we use the Internet. But these are extraordinary times. We face enormous, perhaps unprecedented crises: global warming, mass poverty, environmental degradation, the ever-onward rise of authoritarianism and militarism to name but a few.In order to tackle these issues we need to be able to engage in dialogue, to communicate well, to break down divisions and encourage understanding rather than hatred. And we need to act creatively and imaginatively to inspire new ways of communicating. This is the context in which the quarterly journal, "Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics" operates.

This book draws together selected pieces from the 2005 volume: inter-disciplinary, international, philosophically and theoretically eclectic and rooted in a determination to approach in original ways the pressing political, cultural, environmental issues of today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Troubador Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906221049
• ISBN 13: 9781906221041
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Keeble Richard