Compassion, morality and the media
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Compassion, morality and the media
（Issues in cultural and media studies）
Open University, 2001
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [140]-144) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
* Why do the reports and representations of suffering and misery move us?
* What are we likely to do about it and why?
* Why do people take part in telethon appeals?
Most of us have watched television or read newspapers and been moved to compassion by the suffering and misery that we see. We know that many people suffer thanks to war, famine or environmental catastrophe. But what do the reports and representations of the suffering and misery of others actually mean to media users?
Compassion, Morality and the Media seeks to answer this question and offers an engaging narrative through which it becomes possible to think about the role of journalists as moral agents. The author explores the tensions between the intentions of journalists, the horizons of the audience and the priorities of media institutions. This is a book which deals with important issues that have been relatively neglected in the academic study of the media. It is accessible and relevant and opens up a new terrain for research and teaching on the media as a moral force. Students taking undergraduate courses on the media and others with a wider interest in media morality will find it to be compelling reading.
Table of Contents
Series editor's foreword
Introduction
Parameters for a debate
Compassion fatigue and the ethics of the journalistic field
The compassion of the audience
Lifting the lid on compassion
Telethons, investments and gifts
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.
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