This handbook brings together the intellectual history of mass media ethics over the past 30 years. The chapters included herein summarize existing research and thinking in the field, as well as setting agenda items for future research that is grounded in both philosophy and the social sciences. Each chapter includes a section that summarizes current understandings and research in the field. Contributions come from many of the best mind in the field the world over and include those that have worked as journalists, public relations professionals, and advertising practitioners. Features and...

This book provides an introduction to covering crises, considering practice issues and providing guidance in preparing for and responding to calamities. It offers a concise overview for journalism academics and practitioners of covering disasters - not a "how to" handbook but a "how to prepare" reference to be used before a crisis occurs.

This essential resource is among the first to focus specifically and comprehensively on journalistic coverage of disasters. It demonstrates the application of scholarship and theory to professional practice, and includes a crash book template with...

This handbook brings together the intellectual history of mass media ethics over the past 30 years. The chapters included herein summarize existing research and thinking in the field, as well as setting agenda items for future research that is grounded in both philosophy and the social sciences. Each chapter includes a section that summarizes current understandings and research in the field. Contributions come from many of the best mind in the field the world over and include those that have worked as journalists, public relations professionals, and advertising practitioners. Features and...