Real-World Media Ethics

Inside the Broadcast and Entertainment Industries

Philippe Perebinossoff

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781317484202
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Communication Studies
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

• Is it ethical to pass yourself off as black if you are Caucasian, as Rachel Dolezai, the president of a local chapter of the NAACP, did in 2015?

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• Was it ethical for Donald Sterling, the former owner of the NBA team, to use racially inflammatory language?

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• Is it ethical to exaggerate or fabricate the importance of one's role, as Brian Williams apparently did when he anchored the NBC nightly news?

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• Is it ethical for a journalist to pay a source for a story, tips, and photos, as TMZ, Gawker and others do regularly?

The above questions as well as other questions definitely illustrate the need for studying ethics.

Real-World Media Ethics provides a wide showcase of real ethical issues faced by professionals in the media field. Numerous case studies allow readers to explore multiple perspectives while using realistic ethical principles. This book includes the basics in ethical journalism, as well as the tools to navigate through the landscape of mass media such as public relations, entertainment and other forms of visual communication. The second edition has been updated to encompass globalization, new media platforms, current copyright issues, net neutrality, sports ethics, and more. An accompanying companion website provides additional interviews demonstrating ethical principles in practice. Being a former ABC executive, author Philippe Perebinossoff gives readers an inside look at circumstances with an ethical, experienced eye.

Index

• 2½ Men 67
• 3rd Rock From the Sun 252
• 7th Heaven 287
• 9/11 59, 119–21, 124, 136, 179, 282–3, 285
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 287
• 21 Jump Street 304
• 24 14–15, 68, 94, 294
• 30 Rock 294
• 50 Cent 299–300
• 60 Minutes 146

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• “A Minor Consideration” 96–8
• A&E 59
• Abbott, Henry 142–3
• ABC 5, 16, 67, 80, 100, 110, 122, 124–5, 131, 145, 158, 189, 210, 232–4, 246, 301–2
• abortion 100–1
• Abramoff, Jack 298
• Academy Awards 70, 92–3, 124, 133, 240, 244, 283–4, 286, 303, 305
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 70, 283–4 see also Academy Awards
• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 245, 247
• Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Media Communications (ACEJMC) 4
• Aceto, Peter 270
• actors 72–4
  • child actors 96–8, 278
  • in documentaries 135 see also individual actors
• Adams, Amy 284
• advertising 62, 103–4, 121–2, 149–51, 158, 164–5, 246, 255, 256, 260, 263–4, 272
  • billboard parodies 297–9
  • exploiting patriotism and controversy 281–7
  • product placement/integration 288–96
  • promotional spots 29...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Website Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Ethical Issues: A Starting Framework
• Business Ethics in Mass Media
• Ethics and the Role of Producers, Writers, Actors and Directors: Or How to Get Started in the Entertainment Business
• Controversy and Ethics : On How Some Difficult Topics Might Be Handled
• Ethics and Programmers: Or, How To Be a Successful Programmer
• Ethics and Fact-Based Stories: How to Succeed as a Fact Checker
• Ethics and Ratings
• Journalism and Ethics
• Globalization: On How To Be Successful Internationally
• Sports Ethics
• Censorship, Diversity and Consolidation: And Tips for Job Hunting
• The Ethics of Public Relations
• Ethical Issues in Advertising and Marketing
• Index