Developing a strong philosophical and theoretical framework and taking a consistent political economy approach throughout, this bestselling textbook introduces students to contemporary issues and cases in journalism ethics.
Whilst maintaining many Australian examples and building on the already popular structure and content, this new edition introduces a broader international range of examples and considers traditional and social media from a global perspective.
Ideas, examples and cases discussed include:
- WikiLeaks
- Digital technologies and ethico-legal dilemmas
- News of the World and phone hacking
- Using facebook as a source
- Defamatory tweets
- The Arab Spring
- The Japanese Tsunami and the Christchurch earthquake
- Using User Generated Content
- Freedom of Information laws
- Trial by media
- Tiger Woods
- Privacy vs. the public right to know
- Obama and race
- Fake news: is Jon Bon Jovi dead?
- Ethics and the use of footage of fatal incidents
After looking at the theory and practice of journalism ethics, the book concludes with a guide to on-the-job decision making.
