Media Ethics: Issues and Cases - Softcover

Patterson, Philip; Wilkins, Lee; Painter, Chad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1538112582 ISBN 13: 9781538112588

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

Media Ethics, Ninth Edition is a diverse, classroom tested compilation of 60 diverse cases that will help students prepare for the ethical situations they will confront in their media careers. Ninety percent of the cases are based on actual events, and authors from many institutions and media outlets contributed both real-life and hypothetical cases. There is a strong focus on ethical theory and practice throughout the book, which works well as both a main text in a media ethics course, and in an "across the curriculum" approach in other media courses.

Every chapter has been revised to include the most significant research and thinking about the individual topics in the field, including more attention to emerging ethical theory in the areas of privacy, truth telling, and the political role of the news media.

Key updates to the Ninth Edition:

• A new chapter devoted to the theory and practice of social justice
• 25 new cases covering current topics as diverse as “weedvertising,” “Doxxing,” drones, and sexual harassment in the newsroom
• The implications of digital content throughout multiple media industries and platforms
• Fake news
• Technological invasions of privacy
• The blending of entertainment, infotainment, and news

About this title

About the Author:

Philip Patterson is Distinguished Professor of Mass Communication at Oklahoma Christian University.

Lee Wilkins is Professor and Chair of the Wayne State University Communication Department and Distinguished Curator's Teaching Professor and Professor Emeritus in the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.

Chad Painter is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Dayton.

Review:

What I love about Media Ethics: Issues and Cases, Ninth Edition is that it covers ethics the way I teach ethics: as a process. I believe that ethics is asking yourself a set of questions, not parroting a predetermined outcome. When the authors present the cases, they make the students think for themselves, they don't tell them the "right" answer. The questions make great writing prompts for papers, too! (Kim Zarkin, Professor and Chair of Communications, Westminster College)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1538112582
• ISBN 13: 9781538112588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400