Media Ethics

Clifford G. Christians is Research Professor Emeritus of Communications, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, and Professor Emeritus of Media Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.Mark Fackler is Professor Emeritus of Communications at Calvin College, USA.Peggy J. Kreshel is Associate Professor Emeritus of Advertising at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and Affiliate Associate Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Women's Studies at the University of Georgia, USA.William J. Brown is Professor and Research Fellow in the School of Communication and the Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, at Regent University, USA.Yayu Feng is Assistant Professor in the Department of Emerging Media at the University of St. Thomas, USA.Holly K. Overton is Associate Professor in the Bellisario College of Communications and Research Director of the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication at the Pennsylvania State University, USA.Kathy Brittain Richardson is President of Westminster College, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a former Provost and Professor of Communication at Berry College, USA.

• Introduction: Ethical Foundations and Perspectives Part 1: News 1. Institutional Pressures 2. Truthtelling 3. Reporters and Sources 4. Social Justice 5. Privacy Part 2: Persuasion in Advertising 6. Professional Culture 7. Advertising in an Image-Based Media Culture 8. The Media Are Commercial 9. The Commercialization of Everyday Life Part 3: Persuasion and ­Public Relations 10. Public Communication 11. Telling the Truth in Organizational Settings 12. Conflicting Loyalties 13. The Demands of Social Responsibility Part 4: Entertainment 14. Violence 15. Profits, Wealth, and Public Trust 16. Media Scope and Depth 17. Censorship