ABSTRACT

Media Ethics brings together philosophers, academics and media professionals to debate pressing ethical and moral questions for journalists and the media and to examine basic notions such as truth, virtue, privacy, rights, offence, harm and freedom which are used in answering them.

chapter |14 pages

Journalism and ethics

Can they co-exist?

chapter |17 pages

Journalism, politics and public relations

An ethical appraisal

chapter |16 pages

The myth of Saddam Hussein

New militarism and the propaganda function of the human interest story

chapter |14 pages

Beyond Calcutt

The legal and extra-legal protection of privacy interests in England and Wales

chapter |12 pages

Taming the tabloids

Market, moguls and media regulation