Mass media ethics and the classical liberal ideal of the autonomous individual are historically linked and professionally dominant--yet the authors of this work feel this is intrinsically flawed. They show how recent research in philosophy and social science--together with a longer tradition in theological inquiry--insist that community, mutuality, and relationship are fundamental to a full concept of personhood. The authors argue that "persons-in-community" provides a more defensible grounding for journalists' professional moral decision-making in crucial areas such as truthtelling, privacy,...
Mass media ethics and the classical liberal ideal of the autonomous individual are historically linked and professionally dominant--yet the authors of...
Winner, Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award, sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research, 2004
Kids around the world love Disney animated films, and many of their parents trust the Disney corporation to provide wholesome, moral entertainment for their children. Yet frequent protests and even boycotts of Disney products and practices reveal a widespread unease with the sometimes mixed and inconsistent moral values espoused in Disney films as the company attempts to appeal to the largest possible audience.
In this book, Annalee R. Ward uses...
Winner, Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award, sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research, 2004
Clifford Christians Michael Traber Clifford G. Christians
This volume is designed to revolutionize the field of communication by identifying a broad ethical theory which transcends the world of mass media practice to reveal a more humane and responsible code of values. The contributors defend the possibility of universal moral imperatives such as justice, reciprocity and human dignity.
This volume is designed to revolutionize the field of communication by identifying a broad ethical theory which transcends the world of mass media pra...
This special double issue of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics resulted from the third annual international conference and colloquium on "Virtual Reality and Communication Ethics." Delegates with expertise in cybertechnology were invited from different countries and from universities across the United States. As this agenda-setting special double issue demonstrates, the ethics of Virtual Reality must be worked out in the context of the most advanced research on information technologies, and in terms of a broad and sophisticated understanding of the liberal arts.
This special double issue of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics resulted from the third annual international conference and colloquium on "Virtua...
In this landmark volume of contemporary communication theory, Ronald C. Arnett applies the metaphor of dialogic confessionwhich enables historical moments to be addressed from a confessed standpoint and through a communicative lensto the works of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who pointed to an era of postmodern difference with his notion of "a world come of age." Arnett s interpretations of Bonhoeffer s life and scholarship in contention with Nazi dominance offer implications for a dialogic confession that engages the complexity of postmodern narrative contention.
Rooted in...
In this landmark volume of contemporary communication theory, Ronald C. Arnett applies the metaphor of dialogic confessionwhich enables historical ...
This volume brings together 16 essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field. The essays address the extent to which these concepts have been useful to policy makers and citizens, as well as the ways they must be rethought and reconsidered if they are to continue to be viable.
This volume brings together 16 essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field. The essays address...
This volume brings together sixteen essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field. Taking into account the vicissitudes of political, social, and cultural issues, the contributors engage deeply with the evolving understanding of critical concepts such as history, community, culture, identity, politics, ethics, globalization, and technology. The essays address the extent to which these concepts have been useful to scholars, policy makers, and citizens, as well as the ways they must be rethought and reconsidered if they are to continue to be...
This volume brings together sixteen essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field. Taking into a...
