Global media ethics: problems and perspectives

"Global Media Ethics is the first comprehensive cross-cultural exploration of the conceptual and practical issues facing media ethics in a global world. A team of leading journalism experts investigates the impact of major global trends on responsible journalism. The first full-length, truly global textbook on media ethics; Explores how current global changes in media promote and inhibit responsible journalism; Includes relevant and timely ethical discussions based on major trends in journalism and global media; Questions existing frameworks in media ethics in light of the impact of global media; Contributors are leading experts in global journalism and communication "--

Introduction: Media Ethics as Global -- Part I. Media Ethics Worldwide. 1. Why Media Ethics Still Matters -- 2. Universals and Differences in Global Journalism Ethics -- 3. The Role of the Journalist in Reporting International Conflicts -- 4. Global Journalism Networks: Funding and Ethical Hurdles -- Part II. Media and Diverse Public Spheres. 5. Contextual Ethics and Arab Mass Media -- 6. From Journalism Ethics to an Ethics of Citizenship: Evidence from Colombia -- 7. Media Ethics in a New Democracy: South African Perspectives on Freedom, Dignity, and Citizenship -- 8. Democratization by Boilerplate: National Media, International Norms, and Sovereign Nation Building in Postwar Liberia -- Part III. Global Issues. 9. The Role of Global Media in Telling the Climate Change Story -- 10. Ethics of Global Disaster Reporting: Journalistic Witnessing and Objectivity -- 11. Affextive Expertise: The Journalism Ethics of Ceclebrity Sourcing -- 12. Global Media Ethics, Justice, and Indian Journalism -- Part IV. Theoretical Foundations. 13. Global Media Ethics? Issues, Requirements, Challenges, Resolutions -- 14. Global Ethics and the Problem of Relativism -- 15. Global Media Ethics: Utopian or…