"Controversies in Media Ethics" provides alternate perspectives on a variety of issues. In each chapter, two opposing viewpoints are presented, followed by commentary. Issues covered include those of greatest concern in media: privacy, violence, pornography, and advertising content; Internet and new[...]
Dennis (communication and media industries, Fordham U. Graduate School of Business) and Merrill (emeritus, journalism, U. of Missouri) debate each other on a range of questions regarding the relationship of the media to politics, society, and democracy. For each chapter, they provide a neutral summa[...]