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Ethics and the Media SecondEdition Nowrevisedandcontainingseveralnewchapters,thisbookprovidesa comprehensivesetofethicalprinciplesandmethodsofreasoningforanew eraofdigital,globalmedia.Itdescribestheturbulentstateofmediaethics inordinarylanguageandthroughclearexamples,andprovidesapragmatic theoryoftruthandobjectivityforengagedmedia.Concreteguidelinesare articulatedforidentifyingfakenewsandforreportingresponsiblyonsocial mediaracism,extremegroups,andanti-democraticdemagogues,showing howcitizensandjournalistscanworktogethertodetoxapollutedpublic sphere.Thebookexaminesglobalmediaethics,wherenormsguidethe reportingofglobalissuessuchasclimatechangeandimmigration,and considerswhatconstitutesresponsiblejournalism.Itwillbevaluablefor bothstudentsandpractitionersofjournalismandmediaethics,andcan alsobeusedasacitizen’sguideforevaluatingmediareports. STEPHEN J. A. WARD isEmeritusProfessorandDistinguishedLecturerof EthicsattheUniversityofBritishColumbia.Hehaswrittentenbookson mediaethics,includingtheaward-winningTheInventionofJournalismEthics: ThePathtoObjectivityandBeyond(2004).HeisfoundingdirectoroftheCenter forJournalismEthicsattheUniversityofWisconsin,andhehelpedtofound theUBCSchoolofJournalism. CambridgeAppliedEthics Titlespublishedinthisseries ETHICS AND BUSINESS KevinGibson ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT DaleJamieson ETHICS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE JohnKleinig ETHICS AND ANIMALS LoriGruen ETHICS AND WAR StevenP.Lee THE ETHICS OF SPECIES RonaldL.Sandler ETHICS AND SCIENCE AdamBriggleandCarlMitcham ETHICS AND FINANCE JohnHendry ETHICS AND LAW W.BradleyWendel ETHICS AND HEALTH CARE JohnC.Moskop ETHICS AND THE MEDIA, secondeditionStephenJ.A.Ward Ethics and the Media An Introduction SecondEdition STEPHEN J. A. WARD UniversityofBritishColumbia UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108489768 DOI:10.1017/9781108779340 Firstedition©CambridgeUniversityPress2011 Secondedition©StephenJ.A.Ward2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2011 Secondedition2021 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-108-48976-8Hardback ISBN978-1-108-74750-9Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Tomystudents,nowfriends,journalists,and civicleaders: sourcesofinspirationandhope Contents Introduction:MediaEthicsinaGlobalAge page1 1 DoingMediaEthics 9 2 ReconstructingMediaEthics 34 3 Media,Engagement,andDemocracy 60 4 Truth,Objectivity,andFakeNews 100 5 MediaHarm 127 6 MediaandExtremism 157 7 Citizens,Media,andMacro-resistance 181 8 GlobalMediaEthics 203 Bibliography 221 Index 231 vii Introduction: Media Ethics in a Global Age Media ethics, the study and application of the norms of journalism, should confront the most important questions that swirl around con- temporarypractice. Today, these normative questions arise from a revolutionary change in journalism and information media in general: the evolu- tion of a digital media that is global in reach, use, and impact. Journalism is now distributed along global, digital networks. Moreover, journalism is created by individuals who are not profes- sional, mainstream journalists. The capacity to publish to a public is now in the hands of anyone with access to the Internet. Professional journalists, who once dominated the media sphere, now share the space with tweeters, bloggers, citizen journalists, and social media users around the world. This revolution creates tensions within the ethics of media. Traditional principles, such as objectivity, and long-standing rules governing daily practice are questioned, or ignored by the new jour- nalistsandtheironlineplatforms.Notionsofwhatjournalismis,and is for – derived from a previous era of non-digital and non-global media – are redefined. Media ethics, once a relatively homogeneous setofnormsespousedbymainstreamprofessionals,threatenstofrag- ment into rival sets of values espoused by different kinds of media practitioner. Media ethics, therefore, confronts a difficult, fundamental ques- tion: What are the principles and practices that define responsible journalisminadigital,mediaworld?Thisisthequestionthatdefines thisbookandorganizesitschapters.Thequestioncanbedividedinto 1
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