Ethical Journalism in a Populist Age weaves examples from daily journalism to demonstrate the role of fact-checking and responding to the pressure of patriotism in the coverage of global issues. Stephen Ward suggests that journalism needs a new path: democratically engaged journalism which will break free of current ethical practices in the world’s media. These new ethics will fit the social context of today.
And naturally—since it pre-dated the digital revolution by about 60 years—it had nothing to say about the media's responsibilities in the digital age. Today, these are serious shortcomings. First, there is hypocrisy involved.
We need a journalism that both opens local conversations and bridges differences among nations. This book is a first step in that direction"--
This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical principles of ethical philosophies, facilitating ethical awareness.
The book concludes by outlining the shape of a future journalism ethics, employing these alternative notions. Disrupting Journalism Ethics is an important intervention into the role of journalism today.
... Propaganda Blitz, focusing on the corporate media's smearing of Julian Assange and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the Libyan war coverage, Syria, Yemen, the BBC as a propaganda machine, and so on.36 Given the centrality of the secret ...
Now revised and containing several new chapters, this book provides a comprehensive set of ethical principles and methods of reasoning for a new era of digital, global media.
... ethical theory for a digital, global journalism that is increasingly interpretive, emotive, and engaged in the world ... Populist Age. 5 Mill, On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, 42. 4 Deconstructing.
Online journalists face new ethical dilemmas: Lessons from the Netherlands. ... In K. Nordenstreng, U. J. Björk, F. Beyersdorf, S. Hoyer & E. Lauk (Eds.), A history of the international movement of journalists.
Others drew on Carol Gilligan's In a Different Voice (1982) and Nell Noddings' Caring (1984) for feminist media ethics, which stressed equality, respect, and attachment as experienced in actual relationships, values that contrasted with ...
This important book: Explores the impact on the news media from mobile-first, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence-driven platforms Examines the challenges of maintaining journalistic ethics in today’s digital world Demonstrates ...