Responsible journalism
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Responsible journalism
（Sage focus editions, 83）
Sage Publications, c1986
- pbk.
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Bibliography: p. 167-179
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Responsible Journalism addresses the contentious issue of defining journalistic responsibility. The authors identify the functions that news media take responsibility for performing in society and the philosophy behind specific obligations. They consider the relationship between news media responsibility and legal and press theories. They ask and answer many fundamental ethical questions concerning the media's role in Western democracies.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Deni Elliott
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
Defining Press Responsibility - Louise Hodges
A Functional Approach
Foundations for News Media Responsibility - Deni Elliott
PART TWO: RESPONSIBILITY AND PRESS THEORY
Advantages of Pluralistic Individualism - John C Merrill
The Journalist and a Pluralistic Society - Ralph D Barney
An Ethical Approach
Press Responsibility and First Amendment Values - Theodore L Glasser
Social Responsibility, Representation and Reality - Everette E Dennis
Reporting and the Oppressed - Clifford G Christians
PART THREE: RESPONSIBILITY IN CONTEXT
Consequences of Press Impact - Marty Linsky
Practising Responsible Journalism - Howard M Ziff
Cosmopolitan Versus Provincial Models
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