ABSTRACT

The new edition of Journalism Ethics and Regulation presents an accessible, comprehensive and in-depth guide to this vital and fast moving area of journalistic practice and academic study.

The fourth edition presents expanded and updated chapters on:

  • Privacy, including the pitfalls of Facebook privacy policies and access to social media as a source
  • Gathering the news, including dimensions of accessing material online, the use of crowd sourcing, email interviews, and the issues surrounding phone hacking, blagging and computer hacking
  • New regulation systems including comparison of statutory, state and government regulation, pre-publication regulation, online regulation, and the impact of the Leveson Enquiry on regulation
  • Exploration of who regulates and the issues regarding moderation of user content
  • Journalism ethics and regulation abroad, including European constitutional legalisation, ethics and regulation in the former Soviet states, and regulation based on Islamic law.

The book also features brand new chapters examining ethical issues on the internet and journalism ethics, and print regulation in the 21st century.

Journalism Ethics and Regulation continues to mix an engaging style with an authoritative approach, making it a prefect resource for both students and scholars of the media and working journalists.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|14 pages

What are ethics?

chapter Chapter 2|16 pages

News

Towards a definition

chapter Chapter 3|22 pages

Morality of reporting

chapter Chapter 4|9 pages

The good journalist

chapter Chapter 5|23 pages

Truth, accuracy, objectivity and trust

chapter Chapter 6|36 pages

Privacy and intrusion

chapter Chapter 7|12 pages

Reputation

chapter Chapter 8|18 pages

Gathering the news

chapter Chapter 9|21 pages

Reporting the vulnerable

chapter Chapter 10|17 pages

Deciding what to publish

chapter Chapter 11|13 pages

Harm and offence

chapter Chapter 12|14 pages

The internet and journalism ethics

chapter Chapter 13|19 pages

Professional practice

chapter Chapter 14|19 pages

Regulation

chapter Chapter 17|13 pages

History of broadcast regulation

chapter Chapter 18|10 pages

Codes of conduct as a regulatory system

chapter Chapter 21|14 pages

The experience abroad