Global Journalism Ethics

By Stephen J.A. Ward
Categories: Popular Culture, Communication & Media Studies
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Hardcover : 9780773536784, 296 pages, March 2010
Paperback : 9780773536937, 296 pages, March 2010
Ebook (PDF) : 9780773585218, 305 pages, March 2010
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780773585225, March 2010

Description

Stephen Ward argues that present media practices are narrowly based within the borders of single country and thus unable to successfully inform the public about a globalized world. Presenting an ethical framework for work in multimedia, the author extends John Rawl's theories of justice and the human good to redefine the aims for which journalism should strive and then applies this new foundation to issues such as the roles of patriotism and objectivity in journalism. An innovative argument that presents a necessary corrective to contemporary media practices, Global Journalism Ethics is a theoretically rich study for journalists on the air, in print, and on the internet.