1st Edition

Ethical Issues in the Communication Process

By J. Vernon Jensen Copyright 1997
248 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

A rapid and widespread growth of interest in applied ethics is occurring today not only in the United States, but around the world as well. Academia both reflects this and is a leader in the movement. The field of speech communication shares in this increased sensitivity to ethical concerns. Students and the general public are looking for thoughtful analyses and guidance in all areas of... Read more
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Sources for Ethical Guidelines. Ethical Issues Revolving Around the Communicator: General Aspects. Ethical Issues Revolving Around the Communicator: Specific Agents. Ethical Issues Revolving Around the Message. Ethical Issues Revolving Around the Medium. Ethical Issues Revolving Around the Context: Receivers and Situations. Conclusion. Appendices: Some Ethics Centers Across the Nation. Eulogy for the Late President John F. Kennedy by Senator Mike Mansfield.

Biography

Jensen, J. Vernon

"...discusses ethical concerns as they emerge in the areas of the communication process -- the communicator, the message, the mediums, the audience, and the situation. It synthesizes research findings and the general literature in the field and in related humanities and social science works into a coherent and nontechnical description."
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