Global Media Ethics Problems and Perspectives [Hardcover]

Global Media Ethics is the first comprehensive cross-cultural exploration of the conceptual and practical issues facing media ethics in a global world. A team of leading journalism experts investigate the impact of major global trends on responsible journalism.

• The first full-length, truly global textbook on media ethics
• Explores how current global changes in media promote and inhibit responsible journalism
• Includes relevant and timely ethical discussions based on major trends in journalism and global media
• Questions existing frameworks in Media Ethics in light of the impact of global media
• Contributors are leading experts in global journalism and communication

Notes on Contributors ix

Introduction: Media Ethics as Global 1
Stephen J. A. Ward

Part I Media Ethics Worldwide 11

1 Why Media Ethics Still Matters 13
Nick Couldry

2 Universals and Differences in Global Journalism Ethics 30
Thomas Hanitzsch, Patrick Lee Plaisance, and Elizabeth A. Skewes

3 The Role of the Journalist in Reporting International Conflicts 50
Howard Tumber

4 Global Journalism Networks: Funding and Ethical Hurdles 69
Brant Houston

Part II Media and Diverse Public Spheres 87

5 Contextual Ethics and Arab Mass Media 89
Ralph D. Berenger and Mustafa Taha

6 From Journalism Ethics to an Ethics of Citizenship: Evidence from Colombia 110
Hernando Rojas and Tim Macafee

7 Media Ethics in a New Democracy: lãl