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Media ethics
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Book•
15 May 2000
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the issues in mass communication, and propose a framework for connecting media with society through a social theory of media and society, as well as four models of communication: power and inequality, social integration and identity, social change and development, space and time, and accountability.
Abstract: PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES 1. Introduction to the Book Our object of study The structure of the book Themes and issues in mass communication Manner of treatment How to use the book Limitations of coverage and perspective Different kinds of theory Communication science and the study of mass communication Alternative traditions of analysis: structural, behavioural and cultural Conclusion 2. The Rise of Mass Media From the beginning to mass media Print media: the book Print media: the newspaper Other print media Film as a mass medium Broadcasting Recorded music The communications revolution: new media versus old Differences between media Conclusion PART TWO: THEORIES 3. Concepts and Models for Mass Communication Early perspectives on media and society The 'mass' concept The mass communication process The mass audience The mass media as an institution of society Mass culture and popular culture The rise of a dominant paradigm for theory and research An alternative, critical paradigm Four models of communication Conclusion 4. Theory of Media and Society Media, society and culture: connections and conflicts Mass communication as a society-wide process: the mediation of social relations and experience A frame of reference for connecting media with society Theme I: power and inequality Theme II: social integration and identity Theme III: social change and development Theme IV: space and time Media-society theory I: the mass society Media-society theory II: Marxism and political economy Media-society theory III: functionalism Media-society theory IV: social constructionism Media-society theory V: communication technology determinism Media-society theory VI: the information society Conclusion 5. Mass Communication and Culture Communication and culture The beginnings: the Frankfurt School and critical cultural theory The redemption of the popular Gender and the mass media Commercialization Communication technology and culture Mass media and postmodern culture Conclusion 6. New Media - New Theory? New media and mass communication What is new about the new media? The main themes of new media theory Applying medium theory to the new media New patterns of information traffic Computer-mediated community formation Political participation, new media and democracy Technologies of freedom? New equalizer or divider? Conclusion 7. Normative Theory of Media and Society Sources of normative obligation The media and the public interest Main issues for social theory of the media Early approaches to theory: the press as 'fourth estate' The 1947 Commission on Freedom of the Press and the social theory of responsibility Professionalism and media ethics Four Theories of the Press and beyond The public service broadcasting alternative Mass media, civil society and the public sphere Response to the discontents of the public sphere Alternative visions Normative media theory: four models Conclusion PART THREE: STRUCTURES 8. Media Structure and Performance: Principles and Accountability Media freedom as a principle Media equality as a principle Media diversity as a principle Truth and information quality Social order and solidarity Cultural order The meaning of accountability Two alternative models of accountability Lines and relations of accountability Frames of accountability Conclusion 9. Media Economics and Governance Media 'not just any other business' The basics of media structure and levels of analysis Some economic principles of media structure Ownership and control Competition and concentration Mass media governance The regulation of mass media: alternative models Media policy paradigm shifts Media systems and political systems Conclusion 10. Global Mass Communication Origins of globalization Driving forces: technology and money Global media structure Multinational media ownership and control Varieties of global mass media International media dependency Cultural imperialism and beyond The media transnationalization process International news flow The global trade in media culture Towards a global media culture? Global media governance Conclusion PART FOUR: ORGANIZATIONS 11. The Media Organization: Pressures and Demands Research methods and perspectives The main issues Levels of analysis The media organization in a field of social forces Relations with society Relations with pressure and interest groups Relations with owners and clients Relations with the audience Aspects of internal structure and dynamics The influence of personal characteristics of mass communicators Role conflicts and dilemmas Conclusion 12. The Production of Media Culture Media-organizational activities: gatekeeping and selection Influences on news selection The struggle over access between media and society The influence of sources on news Media-organizational activity: processing and presentation The logic of media culture Alternative models of decision-making The coming of convergence culture: consumers as producers Conclusion PART FIVE: CONTENT 13. Media Content: Issues, Concepts and Methods of Analysis Why study media content? Critical perspectives on content Structuralism and semiology Media content as information Media performance discourse Objectivity and its measurement Questions of research method Traditional content analysis Quantitative and qualitative analysis compared Conclusion 14. Media Genres and Texts Questions of genre Genre and the internet The news genre The structure of news: bias and framing News as narrative Television violence The cultural text and its meanings Conclusion PART SIX: AUDIENCES 15. Audience Theory and Research Traditions The audience concept The original audience From mass to market Goals of audience research Alternative traditions of research Audience issues of public concern Types of audience The audience as a group or public The gratifi cation set as audience The medium audience Audience as defi ned by channel or content Questions of audience reach Activity and selectivity Conclusion 16. Audience Formation and Experience The 'why' of media use A structural approach to audience formation The uses and gratifi cations approach An integrated model of audience choice Public and private spheres of media use Subculture and audience Lifestyle Gendered audiences Sociability and uses of the media Normative framing of media use Audience norms for content The view from the audience Media fandom The end of the audience? The 'escape' of the audience The future of the audience The audience concept again Conclusion PART SEVEN: EFFECTS 17. Processes and Models of Media Effects The premise of media effect The natural history of media effect research and theory: four phases Types of communicative power Levels and kinds of effects Processes of media effect: a typology Individual response and reaction: the stimulus-response model Mediating conditions of effect Source-receiver relations and effect The campaign Conclusion 18. Social-Cultural Effects A model of behavioural effect The media, violence and crime Media, children and young people Collective reaction effects Diffusion of innovation and development The social distribution of knowledge Social learning theory Socialization Social control and consciousness formation Cultivation Media and long-term social and cultural change Entertainment effects Conclusion 19. News, Public Opinion and Political Communication Learning from news News diffusion Framing effects Agenda-setting Effects on public opinion and attitudes The elaboration-likelihood model of infl uence The spiral of silence: the formation of climates of opinion Structuring reality and unwitting bias The communication of risk Political communication effects in democracies Effects on the political institution and process Media influence on event outcomes Propaganda and war Internet news effects Conclusion EPILOGUE 20. The Future of Mass Communication Origins of the mass communication idea The end of mass communication? The survival of mass communication The consequences of new media for mass communication Conclusion
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Book•
1 May 2005
TL;DR: In the name of democracy, the Press and its Predicaments as discussed by the authors have been discussed in the context of media ethics, professionalism, and training in Africa, and the legal framework and the private press in Cameroon.
Abstract: * 1. In the Name of Democracy: The Press and Its Predicaments * 2. Media Ethics, Professionalism and Training in Africa * 3. Multiparty Politics in Cameroon * 4. The Official Media, Belonging and Democratisation * 5. The Legal Framework and the Private Press * 6. Professionalism and Ethics in the Private Press in Cameroon * 7. Creative Appropriation of ICTs, Rumour, Press Cartoons and Politics * 8. Liberal Democracy: Victim of a Partisan and Ethnic Press * 9. Communication Policies in Africa: Lessons from the West
551 citations
Book•
1 Jan 1971TL;DR: The Potter Box Model of Reasoning as mentioned in this paper has been used extensively in the field of ethical advertising, and it has been applied to a wide range of issues, e.g., to the following: who is moral duty and who should decide who's moral duty should be violated?
Abstract: Introduction: Ethical Foundations and Perspectives. The Potter Box Model of Reasoning. Using Ethical Principles. Five Ethical Guidelines. To Whom is Moral Duty Owed? Who Ought to Decide? I. NEWS. 1. Institutional Pressures. The New York Times fires Jayson Blair. CNN in Baghdad. The Time Warner Colossus. NBC and GM's Pickup. The Wichita Experiment. 2. Truthtelling. Al Jazeera. Reporting on Enron. The Unabomber's Manifesto. Fabrication at The Globe. An Enemy of the People. 3. Reporters and Sources. Covering the Middle East Stolen Voice Mail. Embedded Reporters. Risky Foods. 4. Social Justice. Affirmative Action in Michigan. Distributing the Internet. Sexism and World Cup Soccer. Ten Weeks at Wounded Knee. 5. Invasion of Privacy. The Controversial Patriot Act. Privacy in Cyberspace. A Prostitute on Page 12. Dead Body Photo. II. PERSUASION IN ADVERTISING. 6. Special Audiences. The Littlest Consumers. Selling Students to Advertisers? Some Say "No" More Often than Others. The Bill Sell for a "Purely Progressive Tax." The Vagina Dialogues. 7. What to Advertise. A Magazine and Its Cigarettes. Does Alcohol Advertising Get a "Free Ride?" Promoting "Smart Tanning?" Feminine Hygiene in the Living Room. Empowering or Manipulating the Health Care Consumer? 8. How To Say It. No Holds Barred--The Rise of Guerrilla Marketing. Yo Quiero Stereotype? Making the Same Different: Parity Products. Defining Outrageousness Down. Anorexic Chic? 9. Media Considerations. Gatekeepers I: Closing the Door. Gatekeepers II: Opening the Door. Farewell to a "Sanctuary from Advertising" Infomercials--"They Need to Make You Rich, Thin, or Beautiful. The Best Do All Three." The Non-Advertising-Free Internet--In Search of a Balance. III. PERSUASION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS. 10. Public Communication. Mr. Ethics Sells Out. Playing Defense on the Court(room) of Public Opinion. A Public Relations "Discovery." A Campaign Pioneer? 11. Telling the Truth in Organizational Settings. A Good Thing? A Committed Front? A Sale at the Local Nonprofit? A Web of Caring. 12. Conflicting Loyalties. A New Client? Case 1: Friends? Case 2:The Friendly Journalist? Politician Pitches Pills. All Too Human? The Long-Distance Client. 13. The Demands of Social Responsibility. Pepsi Challenged by Rumors. Smart Giving. Employee Volunteers. The Medical Endorsement? Caught on Tape. IV. ENTERTAINMENT. 14. Violence. Hear It, Feel It, Do It. Crunchy Terror in T-Rex Park. "The Storyteller." 15. Profits, Wealth, and Public Trust. Crude Script for Tinsel Town. Virtual Whitewash. Deep Trouble for Harry. Super Strip. Sue Thomas, F.B. Eye. 16. Media Scope and Depth. Reel History. Bigotry as Entertainment. They Call it Paradise. Tragedy Lite. The League of Literary Makeovers. 17. Censorship. The Voice of America. Fencing the Net. Frontal Assault. Life Stinks. Epilogue. Recommended Readings.
254 citations
15 May 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, Thussu et al. discuss the importance of media studies in the context of globalization and terrorism, and present a set of guidelines for internationalizing media studies.
Abstract: Introduction. Daya Kishan Thussu. Part I. Internationalizing Media Research 1. Why Internationalize Media Studies and How? 2. What Should Comparative Media Research Be Comparing? Towards a Transcultural Approach to 'Media Cultures' 3. Globalization Theories and Media Internationalization: A Critical Appraisal 4. Frames for Internationalizing Media Research 5. Media and Communication Studies Going Global. Part II. Broadening the Field of Media Studies 6. Globalizing Media Law and Policy 7. Changing Paradigms of Media Research and Practice in Contexts of Globalization and Terror 8. Comparative Media Law and Policy: Opportunities and Challenges 9. The Labouring of International Communication. Part III. Regional Perspectives on Internationalization 10. Asian Media Studies: The Struggle for International Legitimacy 11. Rethinking Chinese Media Studies: History, Political Economy and Culture 12. Media and Cultural Studies in the Arab World: Making Bridges to Local Discourses of Modernity 13. De-Sovietizing Russian Media Studies 14. Citizens' Media as Political Subjects: Case of Community Radio in Colombia. Part IV. Pedagogic Parameters: Internationalizing Media Syllabi 15. Internationalizing Media Ethics Studies 16. Media Studies as an Academic Discipline 17. International Media Studies in the US Academy: A Sampling of Programmes and Textbooks 18. Re-Conceptualizing Media Studies in Africa 19. The Internationalization of the Internet and its Implications for Media Studies.
253 citations
Book•
3 Jun 1993
TL;DR: The authors argue that "persons-in-community" provides a more defensible grounding for journalists' professional moral decision-making in crucial areas such as truthtelling, privacy, organizational culture, and balanced coverage.
Abstract: Mass media ethics and the classical liberal ideal of the autonomous individual are historically linked and professionally dominant-yet the authors of this work feel this is intrisically flawed. They show how recent research in philosophy and social science-together with a longer tradition in theological inquiry-insist that community, mutuality, and relationship are fundamental to a full concept of personhood. The authors argue that "persons-in-community" provides a more defensible grounding for journalists' professional moral decison-making in crucial areas such as truthtelling, privacy, organizational culture, and balanced coverage. With numerous examples drawn from life as well as from theory, this book will interest journalists, editors, and professionals in media management as well as students and scholars of media ethics, reporting, and media law.
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