TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson,Philip
AU  - Wilkins,Lee
TI  - Media ethics : : issues & cases 
SN  - 0697327175
U1  - 175 MED 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Boston, Mass. : 
PB  - McGraw-Hill, 
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
N1  - 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

N2  - 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
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