Good news : social ethics and the press

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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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Summary

Mass media ethics and the classical liberal ideal of the autonomous individual are historically linked and professionally dominant--yet the authors of this work feel this is intrinsically flawed. They show how recent research in philosophy and social science--together with a longer tradition in theological inquiry--insist that community, mutuality, and relationship are fundamental to a full concept of personhood. The authors argue that "persons-in-community" provides a more defensible grounding for journalists' professional moral decison-making in crucial areas such as truthtelling, privacy, organizational culture, and balanced coverage. With numerous examples drawn from life as well as from theory, this book will interest journalists, editors, and professionals in media management as well as students and scholars of media ethics, reporting, and media law.