Philosophical issues in journalism / edited by Elliot D. Cohen.

Contributor(s):

Cohen, Elliot D [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992Description: xi, 273 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

019506898X
9780195068986

Subject(s):

Journalism -- Philosophy

DDC classification:

070.401 20

LOC classification:

PN4731 .P48 1992

Contents:

What makes a story newsworthy -- Morality, competence, and journalistic excellence -- Publication and free speech -- Privacy, news sources, and the refusal to testify -- Political power and the media -- Objectivity and news reporting -- Multiperspectivism and the problem of news distortion -- Logical foundations of news reporting -- Philosophy and journalistic education.

Summary: "Bringing together major writings on a wide range of conceptual issues underlying the theory and practice of journalism, this unique anthology covers topics such as what makes a story newsworthy, journalism and professional ethics, the right of free speech, privacy and news sources, politics and the power of the press, objectivity and bias, and the education of journalists. Including papers by key contemporary and classical authors such as Walter Lippmann, Joshua Halberstam, Tom L. Beauchamp, Fred Smoller, Edward J. Epstein, Herbert Gans, John Stuart Mill, Philip Meyer, and Theodore L. Glasser, this book introduces provocative issues in press ethics and philosophy that color or determine much of what we see and hear in today's media."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273).

"Bringing together major writings on a wide range of conceptual issues underlying the theory and practice of journalism, this unique anthology covers topics such as what makes a story newsworthy, journalism and professional ethics, the right of free speech, privacy and news sources, politics and the power of the press, objectivity and bias, and the education of journalists. Including papers by key contemporary and classical authors such as Walter Lippmann, Joshua Halberstam, Tom L. Beauchamp, Fred Smoller, Edward J. Epstein, Herbert Gans, John Stuart Mill, Philip Meyer, and Theodore L. Glasser, this book introduces provocative issues in press ethics and philosophy that color or determine much of what we see and hear in today's media."--Publisher description.

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