Media ethics : issues & cases / [edited by] Philip Patterson, Lee Wilkins.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii(4)
Clifford G. Christians
Preface xvii(2)
Acknowledgments xix
CHAPTER I AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICAL 1 (19)
DECISION MAKING
CHAPTER 1 ESSAY Cases and Moral Systems: 18 (2)
An Essay
Deni Elliott
CHAPTER II INFORMATION ETHICS: A PROFESSION 20 (40)
SEEKS THE TRUTH CASES
II-A When Is Objective Reporting 33 (2)
Irresponsible Reporting?
Theodore L. Glasser
II-B The Doctor Has AIDS 35 (2)
Deni Elliott
II-C Taste in Photojournalism: A Question 37 (4)
of Ethics or Aesthetics?
Lou Hodges
II-D Reporters and Confidential Sources 41 (3)
Steve Weinberg
II-E Rodent Wars and Cultural Battles: 44 (3)
Reporting Hantavirus
JoAnn M. Valenti
II-F Too Many Bodies, Too Much Blood: A 47 (4)
Case Study of the Family Sensitive Newscast
Movement
Bill Silcock
II-G Nine Days in Union: The Susan Smith 51 (3)
Case
Sonya Forte Duhe
II-H Handling the Media in Times of Crisis: 54 (6)
Lessons from the Oklahoma City Bombing
Jon Hansen
CHAPTER III PERSUASION ETHICS: WHAT'S FAIR 60 (32)
IN ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS CASES
III-A The Plagiarism Factory 74 (2)
John P. Ferre
III-B Public Relations' Role in the Alar 76 (5)
Scare
Philip Patterson
III-C A Case of Need 81 (3)
Deni Elliott
III-D Exxon's Whipping Cream on a Pile of 84 (2)
Manure
JoAnn M. Valenti
III-E If You Let Nike Play 86 (3)
Renita Coleman
III-F A Sobering Dilemma 89 (3)
Beverly Horvit
CHAPTER IV LOYALTY: CHOOSING BETWEEN 92 (27)
COMPETING ALLEGIANCES CASES
IV-A The Anchor as Activist 103 (2)
Fred Bales
IV-B The Wonderful World of Junkets 105 (2)
Ralph D. Barney
IV-C One Person's Tragedy, Another 107 (3)
Person's Prize
Philip Patterson
IV-D Keeping Secrets: A Public Relations 110 (2)
Dilemma
Jay Black
IV-E Standing behind a reporter: The 112 (3)
CBS/News Journal Controversy
John Sweeney
IV-F She Chose before Losing the Choice 115 (4)
Tom Lyons
CHAPTER V PRIVACY: LOOKING FOR SOLITUDE IN 119 (32)
THE GLOBAL VILLAGE CASES
V-A Naming Names: Privacy and the Public's 130 (3)
Right to Know
John B. Webster
V-B Public Grief and the Right to Be Left 133 (3)
Alone
Philip Patterson
V-C A Reporter's Questions: Propriety and 136 (2)
Punishment
Stanley Cunningham
V-D Arthur Ashe and the Right to Privacy 138 (3)
Carol Oukrop
V-E Computers and the News: A Complicated 141 (2)
Challenge
Karon Reinboth Speckman
V-F Honor to Die For: Newsweek and the 143 (2)
Admiral Boorda Case
Philip Patterson
V-G Competition, Deadlines and the 145 (6)
Mistreatment of Richard Jewell
Greg Lisby
CHAPTER VI THE MASS MEDIA IN A DEMOCRATIC 151 (34)
SOCIETY: KEEPING A PROMISE CASES
VI-A Victims and the Press 166 (3)
Robert Logan
VI-B The David Duke Candidacy: Fairness 169 (4)
and the Klansman
Keith Woods
VI-C Whose Abuse of Power: The Seattle 173 (3)
Times and Brock Adams
Lee Wilkins
VI-D The Gym Shoe Phenomenon: Social 176 (3)
Values vs. Marketability
Gail Baker Woods
VI-E Denver's Rocky Flats: The Role of the 179 (3)
Alternative Press
Lee Wilkins
VI-F Terrorist Use of the News Media; News 182 (3)
Media Use of Terrorists
Jack Lule
CHAPTER VII MEDIA ECONOMICS: THE DEADLINE 185 (31)
MEETS THE BOTTOM LINE CASES
VII-A Union Activism and the Broadcast 198 (2)
Personality
Stanley Cunningham
VII-B Ms. Magazine--No More Ads! 200 (2)
Philip Patterson
VII-C A Salesperson's Dilemma: Whose 202 (2)
Interests Come First?
Charles H. Warner
VII-D "Bonding" Announcements in the News 204 (3)
JoAnn Byrd
VII-E Turning off the Light: The San 207 (3)
Antonio Newspaper War
Fred Blevens
VII-F Calvin Klein's Kiddie Porn Ads Prick 210 (3)
Our Tolerance
Valerie Lilley
VII-G Punishing the Messenger: The Tobacco 213 (3)
Industry and the Press
Steve Weinberg
CHAPTER VIII PICTURE THIS: THE ETHICS OF 216 (48)
PHOTO AND VIDEO JOURNALISM CASES
VIII-A Problem Photos and Public Outcry 227 (3)
Jon Roosenraad
VIII-B Digital Manipulation of Photos with 230 (3)
New Computer Technology
Shiela Reaves
VIII-C Military Censorship of Photographs 233 (4)
Paul Lester
VIII-D Faking Photos: Is It Ever Justified? 237 (3)
James Van Meter
VIII-E "Above the Fold": Balancing 240 (5)
Newsworthy Photos with Community Standards
Jim Godbold
Jannelle Hartman
VIII-F "Film at Ten": Handling Graphic 245 (3)
Video in the News
Sonya Forte Duhe
VIII-G Horror in Soweto 248 (16)
Sue O'Brien
CHAPTER IX ETHICS IN CYBERSPACE: NEW 264 (18)
QUESTIONS AND ROLES CASES
IX-A Digital Sound Sampling: Sampling the 264 (3)
Options
Don E. Tomlinson
IX-B Ethics on the Internet: Abiding by 267 (3)
the Rules of the Road on the Information
Superhighway
Bruce Lewenstein
IX-C Cry Wolf: Time Magazine and the 270 (4)
Cyberporn Story
Karon Reinboth Speckman
IX-D Filmmaking: Looking through the Lens 274 (3)
for Truth
Kathy Brittain McKee
IX-E The Madonna and the Web Site: Good 277 (5)
Taste in Newspaper Online Forums
CHAPTER X THE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF ART AND 282 (27)
ENTERTAINMENT CASES
X-A Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of 294 (3)
Tasteful Broadcasting
Brian Simmons
X-B How to Remember Malcolm X 297 (3)
Dennis Lancaster
X-C Beavis and Butthead: The Case for 300 (3)
Standards in Entertainment
Philip Patterson
X-D Schindler's List: The Role of Memory 303 (3)
Lee Wilkins
X-E Joe Klein and the Authorship of 306 (3)
Primary Colors: Stranger than Fiction
Lee Wilkins
CHAPTER XI BECOMING A MORAL ADULT 309 (10)
APPENDIX A Thinking about Ethics with Film 319 (4)
Lee Wilkins
APPENDIX B Novel Ideas about Ethics 323 (2)
Steve Weinberg
APPENDIX C From the Past: Historical Glimpses 325 (16)
of Media Ethics
Susan Willey
Bibliography 341 (10)
Index 351

This diverse and up-to date compilation of classroom-tested cases in media ethics is now available in a new 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