1st Edition
Undercover Reporting, Deception, and Betrayal in Journalism
104 Pages
by
Routledge
104 Pages
by
Routledge
104 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book discusses undercover reporting, betrayal and deception in journalism, addressing the ethical issues encountered by professionals when deception is involved and providing an explanation of how high-profile cases have developed.
Carson and Muller begin by examining how philosophical theories which form the basis of contemporary ethical codes for journalists, bear upon undercover... Read more
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 : Concepts: Deception, consent, betrayal, the public interest, masquerade, entrapment
Chapter 2: Case study: Phone hacking and News of the World
Chapter 3: Case study: Channel 4, Cambridge Analytica, and Facebook
Chapter 4: Case study: Al Jazeera, NRA, and One Nation
Chapter 5: Hybrid journalism: Deception of the audience
Chapter 6: Conclusions
Biography
Denis Muller is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.
Andrea Carson is Professor of Political Communication in the Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy at La Trobe University.
