TY - BOOK AU - Patterson,Philip AU - Wilkins,Lee TI - Media ethics : : issues and cases / SN - 9780073511894 U1 - 175 MED PY - 2008/// CY - New York : PB - McGraw-Hill Higher Education, KW - Mass media KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-360) and index N2 - By combining real-life and hypothetical cases with a succinct introduction to ethical theory, this text helps students prepare for the ethical situations they will encounter in the media professions. It is an ideal choice as the main text in a media ethics course or as a supplemental text in any course in journalism. The new edition reflects changes in the world post 9/11, including the war in Iraq, the Enron and WorldCom scandals, and a new look at media and democracy in light of FCC-approved media consolidation ER -