Disrupting Journalism Ethics

Name: Disrupting Journalism Ethics
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Disrupting Journalism EthicsRadical Change on the Frontier of Digital Media\nAuthor(s): Stephen J A Ward\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032178585, 978-1032178585\nSynopsis\nDisrupting Journalism Ethics sets out to disrupt and change how we think about journalism and its ethics. The book contends that long-established ways of thinking, which have come down to us from the history of journalism, need radical conceptual reform, with alternate conceptions of the role of journalism and fresh principles to evaluate practice. Through a series of disruptions, the book undermines the traditional principles of journalistic neutrality and \""just the facts\"" reporting. It proposes an alternate philosophy of journalism as engagement for democracy. The aim is a journalism ethic better suited to an age of digital and global media. \n\nAs a philosophical pragmatist, Stephen J. A. Ward critiques traditional conceptions of accur.