Media Ethics: Cases and Debates

Author: Louis Alvin Davis (USA)
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: The ethical issues faced by the field of mass communication are more prominent than in any other industry, and the credibility of mass communication is constantly being questioned. This book aims to initiate moral-level discussions between teachers and students, allowing students to experience the process of ethical analysis and strengthen their ethical awareness in classroom teaching. The exercises in the book demonstrate the ethical dilemmas that may be encountered in actual work, but the problem-solving methods and critical thinking provided in the cases will help readers become confident decision-makers. The book's features lie in the use of case analysis in each chapter, its straightforward writing style, and the close connection between chapters. This book is written as a textbook and also serves as an academic work that systematically introduces and discusses communication ethics. After careful revision and content supplementation, this book has become one of the newer and more comprehensive works in the study of media communication ethics, and it will undoubtedly benefit future media professionals greatly while attracting more people to focus on the research of media communication ethics.