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" Controversies in media ethics / "
A. David Gordon, John Michael Kittross ; overview and commentary by John C. Merrill ; contributions by Carol Reuss.
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BL
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Record Number
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954993
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Doc. No
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b709363
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Main Entry
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Gordon, David,1935-
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Title & Author
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Controversies in media ethics /\ A. David Gordon, John Michael Kittross ; overview and commentary by John C. Merrill ; contributions by Carol Reuss.
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Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: Longman,, ©1999.
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Page. NO
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xvii, 316 pages ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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0801330254
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: 9780801330254
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and index.
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Contents
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Ethics and freedom: mass media accountability -- Individual autonomy and ethical decisions -- Codes of ethics -- Manipulation by the media: truth, fairness, and objectivity -- Influences on media content: the public relations factor -- Accessing the media: information equity versus apartheid -- The ethics of "correctness" and 'inclusiveness": culture, race, and gender in the mass media -- Private lives, public interests -- Data privacy -- Violence and sexual pornography -- Media ethics and the economic marketplace-- Infotainment programming -- Ethics and advertising -- Conflicts of interest -- More topics in the ethical debate.
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Abstract
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Provides students and practitioners with a carefully constructed set of opposing arguments which focus on several major controversies facing mass media practitioners today. Each chapter deals with specific controversies and has two contrasting points of view on a major problem written by two different authors.
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Subject
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Mass media-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Subject
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Médias-- Aspect moral.
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Subject
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Mass media-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Subject
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Mass media-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Subject
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Ethiek.
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Subject
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Massamedia.
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Dewey Classification
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175
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LC Classification
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P94.G67 1999
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NLM classification
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05.30bcl
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Added Entry
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Kittross, John M.,1929-
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Merrill, John Calhoun,1924-2012.
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Reuss, Carol.
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