1st Edition
Good News, Bad News Journalism Ethics And The Public Interest
By Jeremy Iggers
Copyright 1999
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Public dissatisfaction with the news media frequently gives rise to calls for journalists to live up to the ethical standards of their profession. But what if the fault lies in part with the standards themselves?Jeremy Iggers argues that journalism's institutionalized conversation about ethics largely evades the most important issues regarding the public interest and the civic responsibilities of... Read more
Introduction -- How Journalists Talk About Ethics -- Talking in Code(s): The Foundations of Journalism Ethics -- Contemporary Ethical Concepts in Historical Context -- Journalism Since Cooke: The Corporate Cultural Revolution -- Objectivity's Legacy -- The Myth of Neutrality and the Ideology of Information -- Toward a Pragmatist Ethical Theory for Journalism -- Toward a Public Journalism
Biography
Jeremy Iggers
