Media Ethics: Issues and Cases

by Philip Patterson, Lee C Wilkins

This diverse and up-to date compilation of classroom-tested cases in media ethics is now available in a new edition. Media Ethics combines real-life and hypothetical cases with a succinct introduction to relevant ethical theory, helping students prepare for the ethical situations they will encounter in the media professions. Ideal as the main text in a media ethics course or as a supplemental text in any course in journalism

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Crimson Lady]

We have a philosophical mind so we see Ethics much like one sees "Common Sense." The practice is not universal and is bias in nature until standardized.

[Dr. Paul T. Blake]

After studying media ethics for two doctoral papers, my conclusion is that the only ethic is to "tell the truth." Yet now in a post-modern generation where truth is relative, we have lost any sort of coherency on defining "tell the truth." Thus the mayhem in the media we see today.

[Nadya]

Read for class - good case studies, a little outdated