Journalism's Ethical Progression (eBook, ePUB)

A Twentieth-Century Journey
Redaktion: Mellinger, Gwyneth; Ferré, John P.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Using case studies and historical analysis, this book traces changes in ways that journalists understood their ethical responsibilities during the pre-internet twentieth century. Each chapter in this book explores a historical development in the evolution of journalists' perceptions of their role as professionals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793601018
• Artikelnr.: 58282046

Autorenporträt

Gwyneth Mellinger is director of the School of Media Arts & Design at James Madison University. John P. Ferré is professor of communication at the University of Louisville.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Journalism's Ethical Progression
Gwyneth Mellinger
Chapter 1: The Progressive Era's Social Awakening and the Soul of the News
Ronald R. Rodgers
Chapter 2: A "Failure to Take Itself Seriously": The Canons of Journalism
and the Model of Inaction
Ken J. Ward
Chapter 3: The Lippmann-Dewey "Debate": Roles and Responsibilities of
Journalists in a Democratic Society
Tim Klein and Elisabeth Fondren
Chapter 4: Francis Biddle and the Jennings Case in 1934-35: A Labor Union,
the First Amendment, and Government Oversight
Patrick S. Washburn and Michael S. Sweeney
Chapter 5: Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker's Legacy of Pacifism
Bailey Dick
Chapter 6: War Correspondents, Women's Interests, and World War II
Carolyn M. Edy
Chapter 7: Conflicts of Interest in Journalism: Debating a Post-Hutchins
Ethical Self-Consciousness
Gwyneth Mellinger
Chapter 8: Ethical Duty and the Right to Know: Sam Ragan's Crusades to
Provide the Public with Access to Information
Erin K. Coyle
Chapter 9: "Blackenin