Real-World Media Ethics - 2nd Edition

Name: Real-World Media Ethics - 2nd Edition
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Real-World Media EthicsInside the Broadcast and Entertainment Industries\nAuthor(s): Philippe Perebinossoff\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138897953, 978-1138897953\nSynopsis\nIs it ethical to pass yourself off as black if you are Caucasian, as Rachel Dolezai, the president of a local chapter of the NAACP, did in 2015?\nWas it ethical for Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA team, to use racially inflammatory language?\nIs it ethical to exaggerate or fabricate the importance of ones role, as Brian Williams apparently did when he anchored the NBC nightly news?\nIs it ethical for a journalist to pay a source for a story, tips, and photos, as TMZ, Gawker and others do regularly?\nThe above questions as well as other questions definitely illustrate the need for studying ethics. Real-World Media Ethics provides a wide showcase of real ethical issues faced by professionals in the media field. Numerous case s.