Revision of: The handbook of mass media ethics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A philosophically based inquiry into the nature of communicating humans / Wayne Woodward -- A short history of media ethics in the United States / John Ferré -- Essential shared values and 21st century journalism / Deni Elliott -- Moral development : a psychological approach to understanding moral decision-making / Renita Coleman and Lee Wilkins -- On the unfortunate divide between media ethics and media law / Theodore L. Glasser and Morgan N. Weiland -- The search for universals / Thomas W. Cooper and Clifford G. Christians -- Justice in media ethics / Shakuntala Rao -- Truth and objectivity / Stephen J. A. Ward -- Photojournalism ethics : a 21st century primal dance of behavior, technology, and ideology / Julianne H. Newton -- Why diversity is an ethical issue / Ginny Whitehouse -- The ethics of advocacy : moral reasoning in the practice of public relations / Sherry Baker -- The ethics of propaganda and the propaganda of ethics / Jay Black -- Exploring Latin American advertising ethics : legislation and self-regulation / Salvador Raymundo Victor -- Serious moral problems and emerging ethical issues in China's media / Jiang Zhan -- Perspectives on pornography demand ethical critique / Wendy Wyatt and Kris E. Bunton -- Violence / Patrick Lee Plaisance -- The eroding boundaries between news and entertainment and what they mean for democratic politics / Bruce A. Williams and Michael X Delli Carpini -- What can we get away with? the ethics of art and entertainment in a neoliberal world / Angharad N. Valdivia -- Culture is normative / Chad Painter -- Justice as a journalistic value and goal / David A. Craig -- Transparency in journalism : meanings, merits, and risks / Kyle Heim and Stephanie Craft -- Coercion, consent, and the struggle for social media / Kevin Healey -- Digital ethics in autonomous systems / Michael Bugeja -- Peace journalism / Seow Ting Lee -- Toward an institution-based theory of privacy / Lee Wilkins and Philip Patterson -- Islamic reform for democracy and global peace / Haydar Badawi Sadig -- Buddhist moral ethics : intend no harm, intend to be of benefit / S. Holly Stocking -- Communitarianism / Mark Fackler -- Feminist media ethics / Linda Steiner -- Spatial ethics and freedom of expression / David S. Allen -- Media ownership in a corporate age / Matthew P. McAllister and Jennifer M. Proffitt -- The media in evil circumstances / Robert S. Fortner -- Ethical tensions in news making : what journalism has in common with other professions / Sandra L. Borden and Peggy Bowers.

"This fully updated second edition of the popular handbook provides an exploration of thinking on media ethics, bringing together the intellectual history of global mass media ethics over the past 40 years, summarising existing research and setting future agenda grounded in philosophy and social science. This second edition offers up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of media ethics, including source ethics, social media, the roots of law in ethics, and documentary film. The wide range of contributors include scholars and former professionals who worked as journalists, public relations professionals, and advertising practitioners. They lay out both a good grounding from which to begin more in-depth and individualized explorations, and extensive bibliographies for each chapter to aid that process. For students and professionals who seek to understand and do the best work possible, this book will provide both insight and direction. Standing apart in its comprehensive coverage, the Handbook is required reading for scholars, graduate students, and researchers in media, mass communication, journalism, ethics, and related areas"-- Provided by publisher.