Good news : social ethics and the press
by
 
Christians, Clifford G.

Title
Good news : social ethics and the press

Author
Christians, Clifford G.

ISBN
9780195074314
 
9780195084320

Personal Author
Christians, Clifford G.

Publication Information
New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Physical Description
xvi, 265 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents
1. Introduction. When Culture Suppresses. Perspective and World View. The Model's Four Elements -- 2. Enlightenment Individualism. The Eighteenth-Century Mind. Libertarian Press Theory. Academic Media Ethics. Deficiencies in Individual Autonomy. Normative Social Ethics -- 3. Communitarian Ethics. The Incredibility of Ethical Relativism. Mutuality. Types of Ethical Thinking -- 4. Civic Transformation. Patchwork or Fundamental Change? Rethinking the Press's Mission. News: The Justice Story. News: The Making of Covenant. News: The Empowerment Story. News as Social Narrative -- 5. Organizational Culture. Two Models. Corporate Moral Agency. Organizational Discourse. The Humanized Workplace. Institutional Infrastructure -- 6. Normative Pluralism. The Technical Artifice. Purposive Nature. History as a Normed Process. World-View Pluralism.

Subject Term
Journalistic ethics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
 
Foreign news -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
 
Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States.
 
Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
 
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Added Author
Ferré, John P.
 
Fackler, Mark.


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