Doing Ethics in Media

<p>The second edition of <i>Doing Ethics in Media </i>continues its mission of providing an accessible but comprehensive introduction to media ethics with a grounding in moral philosophy to help students think clearly and systematically about dilemmas in the rapidly changing media environment. </p><p>Each chapter highlights specific considerations cases and practical applications for the fields of journalism advertising digital media entertainment public relations and social media. Six fundamental decision-making questions—the 5Ws and H around which the book is organized—provide a path for students to articulate the issues understand applicable law and ethics codes consider the needs of stakeholders work through conflicting values integrate philosophic principles and pose a test of publicity. Students are challenged to be active ethical thinkers through the authors’ reader-friendly style and use of critical early-career examples. While most people will change careers several times during their lives all of us are life-long media consumers and <i>Doing Ethics in Media </i>prepares readers for that task.</p><p>Doing Ethics <i>in Media </i>is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students studying media ethics in mass media journalism and media studies. It also serves students in rhetoric popular culture communication studies and interdisciplinary social sciences.</p><p>The book’s companion website—doingethicsin.media or www.doingmediaethics.com—provides continuously updated real-world media ethics examples and collections of essays from experts and students. The site also hosts ancillary materials for students and for instructors including a test bank and instructor’s manual.</p>