| Desperately Seeking Ethics: A Guide to Media Conduct Contributor(s): Good, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810846438 ISBN-13: 9780810846432 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: Not just another media ethics book, this engaging and unconventional text breaks away from the usual practice of presenting the ethical theories of well-known philosophers in watered-down form. Instead, the contributors select a poem, movie, song, speech, or other cultural document, analyze it for implied or explicit ethical lessons, and then apply the lessons to a specific case that involved controversial media conduct. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Business Ethics - Social Science | Media Studies - Philosophy | Reference |
| Dewey: 174.909 |
| LCCN: 2002151297 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.36" W x 8.46" (0.59 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Trends prevailing in the media suggest a seemingly disintegrating concept of media ethics. It is no surprise; being ethical is hard work and, could very well put a person in conflict with prevailing trends. Many of the people cited within the 13 essays of Desperately Seeking Ethics illustrate this_from Socrates and Martin Luther King Jr., who both died for their principles, to reporter David Kidwell of the Miami Herald who chose jail over testifying for the prosecution in a murder trial. This is not just another media ethics book. Engaging and non-conventional it breaks away from the usual text practice of presenting the ethical theories of well-known philosophers in watered-down form. Instead, the contributors, all of whom teach media ethics, select a poem, movie, song, speech, or other cultural document, analyze it for implied or explicit ethical lessons, and then apply the lessons of that work to a specific case that involved controversial media conduct. In addition to endnotes, each chapter contains questions for discussion and a list of further readings. Where possible, the contributors have included all or part of the poems, speeches, and other documents they analyze as sources of ethical instruction and inspiration. |