Desperately Seeking Ethics

Howard Good is Professor of Journalism in the Communications and Media Department at SUNY New Paltz, New York, where he originated and teaches the course in media ethics. He is the author of seven previous books, including The Journalist As Autobiographer, Girl Reporter, The Drunken Journalist, and Media Ethics Goes to the Movies (with Michael Dillon). He can be reached at goodh@newpaltz.edu.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1 A Teacher's Last Instruction: "Love Each Other or Die"Chapter 3 2 Reporters or Peeping Toms?: Journalism Codes of Ethics and News Coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky ScandalChapter 4 3 How Close is Too Close?: When Journalists Become Their SourcesChapter 5 4 Socrates in Jail: The Importance of Independence and ResponsibilityChapter 6 5 To See Our Flaws as Others See Them: Big Media through 007's ScopeChapter 7 6 "Created Equal": The Press and Hate SpeechChapter 8 7 A Dream Deferred: Hip-Hop Music and the Media Portrayal of American YouthChapter 9 8 As Good as it Gets: The Media's Disabling StereotypesChapter 10 9 Frost Warning: Advertising and "The Road Not Taken"Chapter 11 10 Survivor in the Vast Wasteland: The Ethical Implications of Reality TelevisionChapter 12 11 Professional Wrestling and Human Dignity: Questioning the Boundaries of EntertainmentChapter 13 12 Natural Born Killers and Media-Born Thrillers: Ethical Contradictions in the Infotainment AgeChapter 14 13 Boldly Seeking Ethics: Journalism's Great AdventureChapter 15 IndexChapter 16 About the ContributorsChapter 17 About the Editor

...this is a useful collection of essays. It shows media ethics in their concrete applications and areas of relevance, and raises key questions about media conduct and performance.