Communication Ethics in an Age of Diversity

In this volume, leading communicationscholars integrate cutting-edge research with real-world dilemmas as theyaddress ethical problems associated with technological and cultural changesand demographic shifts.In eleven chapters, the fourteencontributors to Communication Ethics in an Age of Diversity considerthe implications of these changes to communication contexts ranging frompersonal friendships to communication over the internet and from classroomdialogues to mass-mediated communication to community building in an ageof diversity. They address specific issues associated with race, gender,ethnicity, and affectional orientation, offering specific proposals forchange. Although the primary audience is scholars and teachers in communicationprograms, the book will be of particular interest to readers in variousdisciplines in the humanities and social sciences, especially individualsin centers and departments of ethnic studies, women's studies, and AfricanAmerican studies.CONTRIBUTORS: Julia T. Wood,Ronald C. Arnett, Josina M. Makau, Dolores V. Tanno, Barbara Paige-Pointer,Gale Auletta Young, Lea P. Stewart, James W. Chesebro, Richard L. Johannesen,Clifford G. Christians, James A. Jaksa, Michael S. Pritchard, Jana Kramer,Cheris Kramarae