Media Ethics 9ed

Foreword by Clifford G. Christians Preface Acknowledgments 1 An Introduction to Ethical Decision Making Essay Cases and moral systems Deni Elliott Case 1-A How to read a case study Philip Patterson 2 Information Ethics: A Profession Seeks the Truth Case 2-A Anonymous or confidential? Unnamed sources in the news Lee Wilkins Case 2-B Death as content: Social responsibility and the documentary filmmaker Tanner Hawkins Case 2-C News and the transparency standard Lee Wilkins Case 2-D Can I quote me on that? Chad Painter Case 2-E NPR, The New York Times and working conditions in China Lee Wilkins Case 2-F When is objective reporting irresponsible reporting? Theodore Glasser Case 2-G Is it news yet? Michelle Peltier Case 2-H What's yours is mine: The ethics of news aggregation Chad Painter 3 Strategic Communication: Does Client Advocate mean Consumer Adversary? Case 3-A Weedvertising Lee Wilkins Case 3-B Cleaning up their act: The Chipotle food safety crisis Kayla McLaughlin and Kelly Vibber Case 3-C Keeping Up with the Kardashians prescription drug choices Tara Walker Case 3-D Between a (Kid) Rock and a hard place Molly Shor Case 3-E Was that an Apple computer I saw? Product placement in the U.S. and abroad Philip Patterson Case 3-F Sponsorships, sins and PR: What are the boundaries? Lauren Bacon Brengarth Case 3-G A charity drops the ball Philip Patterson 4 Loyalty: Choosing Between Competing Allegiances Case 4-A Fair or foul? Reporter/Player relationships in the sports beat Lauren A. Waugh Case 4-B To watch or to Report: What journalists were thinking in the midst of disaster Lee Wilkins Case 4-C Public/on-air journalist vs. private/online life: Can it work? Madison Hagood Case 4-D When you are the story: Sexual harassment in the newsroom Lee Wilkins Case 4-E Whose Facebook page is it anyway? Amy Simons Case 4-F Where everybody knows your name: Reporting and relationships in a small market Ginny Whitehouse Case 4-G Quit, blow the whistle, or go with the flow? Robert Wakefield Case 4-H How one tweet ruined a life Philip Patterson 5 Privacy: Looking for Solitude in the Global Village Case 5-A Drones and the news Kathleen Bartzen Culver Case 5-B Concussion bounty: Is trust ever worth violating? Lee Wilkins Case 5-C Joe Mixon: How do we report on domestic violence in sports? Brett Deever Case 5-D Looking for Richard Simmons Lee Wilkins Case 5-E Children and framing: The use of children's images in an anti-same-sex marriage ad Yang Liu Case 5-F Mayor Jim West's computer Ginny Whitehouse Case 5-G Politics and money: What's private and what's not Lee Wilkins 6 Mass Media in a Democratic Society: Keeping a Promise Case 6-A Reporting on rumors: When should a news organization debunk? Lee Wilkins Case 6-B Doxxer, Doxxer, give me the news? Mark Anthony Poepsel Case 6-C The truth about the facts: Politifact.com Lee Wilkins Case 6-D WikiLeaks Lee Wilkins Case 6-E "Control Room": Do culture and history matter in reporting the news? Lee Wilkins Case 6-F Victims and the press Robert Logan Case 6-G For God and Country: The media and national security Jeremy Littau and Mark Slagle 7 Media Economics: The Deadline Meets the Bottom Line Case 7-A Murdoch's mess Lee Wilkins Case 7-B Who controls the local news? Sinclair Broadcasting Group and "must-runs" Keena Neal Case 7-C Automated journalism: The rise of robot reporters Chad Painter Case 7-D Conflicted interests, contested terrain: The New York Times Code of Ethics Lee Wilkins and Bonnie Brennan Case 7-E Transparency in fundraising: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting standard Lee Wilkins Case 7-F News now, facts later Lee Wilkins Case 7-G Crossing the line? The L.A. Times and the Staples affair Philip Patterson and Meredith Bradford 8 Picture This: The Ethics of Photo and Video Journalism Case 8-A Killing a journalist on-air: A means/ends test Mitchel Allen Case 8-B Remember My Fame: Digital Necromancy and the Immortal Celebrity Samantha Most Case 8-C Problem photos and public outcry Jon Roosenraad Case 8-D Above the fold: Balancing newsworthy photos with community standards Jim Godbold and Janelle Hartman Case 8-E Horror in Soweto Sue O'Brien Case 8-F Photographing funerals of fallen soldiers Philip Patterson 9 Informing a Just Society Case 9-A "Spotlight": It takes a village to abuse a child Lee Wilkins Case 9-B "12th and Clairmount": A newspaper's foray into documenting a pivotal summer Lee Wilkins Case 9-C Cincinnati Enquirer's heroin beat Chad Painter Case 9-D Feminist fault lines: Political memoirs and Hillary Clinton Miranda Atkinson Case 9-E GoldieBlox: Building a future on theft Scott Burgess 10 The Ethical Dimensions of Art and Entertainment Case 10-A Get Out: When the horror is race Michael Fuhlhage and Lee Wilkins Case 10-B To die for: Making terrorists of gamers in Modern Warfare 2 Philip Patterson Case 10-C Daily dose of civic discourse Chad Painter Case 10-D The Onion: Finding humor in mass shootings Chad Painter Case 10-E Hate radio: The outer limits of tasteful broadcasting Brian Simmons Case 10-F "Searching for Sugar Man": Rediscovered art Lee Wilkins 11 Becoming a Moral Adult Bibliography Index