The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics, 2 Volume Set Paperback / softback

Edited by Robert S. (International Center for Media Studies (ICMS), USA) Fortner, P. Mark (Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) Fackler

Part of the Handbooks in Communication and Media series

Paperback / softback

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Description

This groundbreaking handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the ethical dimensions of communication in a global setting.

Both theoretical and practical, this important volume will raise the ethical bar for both scholars and practitioners in the world of global communication and media. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011Brings together leading international scholars to consider ethical issues raised by globalization, the practice of journalism, popular culture, and media activities Examines important themes in communication ethics, including feminism, ideology, social responsibility, reporting, metanarratives, blasphemy, development, and "glocalism", among many others Contains case studies on reporting, censorship, responsibility, terrorism, disenfranchisement, and guilt throughout many countries and regions worldwide Contributions by Islamic scholars discuss various facets of that religion's engagement with the public sphere, and others who deal with some of the religious and cultural factors that bedevil efforts to understand our world