ResearchEthics. What are “ethics?” What are the sources of “ethics?”
KEYGUIDE TO INFORMATION SOURCES IN MEDIA ETHICS
Transcript of KEYGUIDE TO INFORMATION SOURCES IN MEDIA ETHICS
KEYGUIDE TO INFORMATION SOURCES IN
MEDIA ETHICS
Barrie MacDonald and Michel Petheram
MANSELL
London and Washington
Contents
Introduction vi Acknowledgements ix
Part I Overview of media ethics 1
1 Media ethics 3
2 Freedom of speech 5
2.1 Justifications of free speech 6 2.2 Extent of free speech 10 2.3 Access 13 2.4 The right to know 14 2.5 Accountability 15
3 Government and the media 18 3.1 Internal threats 19 3.2 External threats 21
4 Economic pressures 26 4.1 Media ownership 28 4.2 Advertising and marketing 29
5 Privacy 32
6 Censorship: taste, decency and pornography 38 6.1 Freedom of expression and harm 41 6.2 Film censorship 46
iv CONTENTS
6.3 Broadcasting 6.4 Cable and the Internet
7 Truth and truth-telling 7.1 Accuracy 7.2 Understanding 7.3 Fairness and bias 7.4 TV news and journalism 7.5 News-gathering
8 Confidentiality and sources
9 The values of journalists 9.1 Conflicts of interest 9.2 Professionalism, councils and codes
10 Quality
10.1 Quality in television
11 Religion
12 Media imperialism
13 Advertising
Part II Bibliography
Media ethics General media ethics Mass media in general
Freedom of speech Justifications of free speech Extent of free speech Access The right to know Accountability
Government and the media Internal threats External threats
Economic pressures Media ownership Advertising and marketing
Privacy Censorship: taste, decency and pornography
Freedom of expression and harm Film censorship Broadcasting Cable and the Internet
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Truth and truth-Accuracy Understanding Fairness and bias TV news a n d ' News-gathering
Confidentiality and The values of jour
Conflicts of' Professionalism,
Quality Quality in
Religion Media imperialism Advertising Periodicals Bibliographies, i
Part III Directory of
International Europe Africa Asia Americas
North America Central America South America
Oceania
Index
CONTENTS
Truth and truth-telling 177 Accuracy 179 Understanding 182 Fairness and bias 190 TV news and journalism 196 News-gathering 199
Confidentiality and sources 201 The values of journalists 203
Conflicts of interest 208 Professionalism, councils and codes 209
Quality 212 Quality in television 213
Religion 217 Media imperialism 221 Advertising 231 Periodicals 237 Bibliographies, indexes and abstracting services 245
Part III Directory of selected organizations 253
International 257 Europe 262 Africa 298 Asia 308 Americas 324
North America 324 Central America and the Caribbean 334 South America 339
Oceania 345
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