Morals and the Media

Ethics in Canadian Journalism

• Author(s): Nick Russell,
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Pages: 249
• ISBN_10: 0774804572
  ISBN_13: 9780774804578
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Business Ethics , Business & Economics / Industries / Media & Communications , Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism , Law / Entertainment , Law / Media & the Law , Literary Collections / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Media Studies ,

Description:... Confronted daily with decisions on how to present their stories, whatto write and what not to write, journalists and the media arefrequently accused of sensationalizing, of choosing to report the badnews, and of misquoting those they interview. In this substantiallyupdated edition of Morals and the Media, Nick Russelladdresses many of the concerns the public has about the media as heexamines why the media behave the way they do. He also discusses howvalues have been developed and applied and suggests value systems thatcan be used to judge special situations.