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Title:
Communication and media ethics in South Africa
Author:
Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie.
ISBN:
9780702178092
Publication Information:
Claremont : Juta, 2011.
Physical Description:
xiv, 338 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
The fine print: media and communication ethics -- Theoretical debates -- Whose ethics are they, anyway? -- Normative media theory in a changed media landscape and globalised society -- Socialmedia and ethics -- Between proceduralism and substantialism in communication ethics -- (Afri)ethics, communitarianism and the public sphere -- Press councils and the role of the ombudsman -- Southern African press councils: accountability in practice -- Press councils and the democratic political landscape in South Africa -- How internal news ombudsmen can strengthen media ethics and understanding -- A selection of ethical concerns and debates in South Africa -- Political concerns -- Analysing ethics and political bias in South African news media -- When the public interest is not what interests the public: an investigation of privacy as media ethic in contemporary South Africa -- Economic concerns -- Chequebook journalism: a South African picture -- Ethics in business journalism -- Ethical corporate communication cultures within brand environments -- Social concerns -- Ethics and the need to understand culture -- Reporting HIV/AIDS: an unprecedented ethical challenge -- Contesting the electricity supply in South African media --
Abstract:
Communication and Media Ethics in South Africa is essential reading for all future and current practitioners and researchers in the field of ethics, as it explores the scope and effectiveness of principles and practices across a vast range of issues and topics pertinent to South Africa.
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