Media Ethics: Issues and Cases

by Philip Patterson, Lee Wilkins, Chad Painter

Media Ethics, Ninth Edition is a diverse, classroom tested compilation of 60 diverse cases that will help students prepare for the ethical situations they will confront in their media careers. Ninety percent of the cases are based on actual events, and authors from many institutions and media outlets contributed both real-life and hypothetical cases. There is a strong focus on ethical theory and practice throughout the book, which works well as both a main text in a media ethics course, and in an "across the curriculum" approach in other media courses.

Every chapter has been revised to include the most significant research and thinking about the individual topics in the field, including more attention to emerging ethical theory in the areas of privacy, truth telling, and the political role of the news media.

Key updates to the Ninth

Genres: Nonfiction, Journalism

400 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2010

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thorough textbook on media ethics spanning realms of media beyond just the scope of journalism with relevant case studies. An insightful read.

[Rima · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am well aware that this book was first published in 1991 but honestly, the way the following editions have kept up with all the surrounding changes in Media & Communications is astonishingly GOOD.

I rather liked the cases that were presented at the end of each chapter. Very well constructed and super relatable. A completely new chapter was added in regards to New Media and its continuing questions. It is indeed quite difficult to understand whom you may turn to when the internet decides to eat you alive.

I will go back to this book as a valid resource for what is yet to come in the digital age.

4/5

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good for a textbook

This was required reading for a communications ethics class. It read well and was even fairly interesting, which is something a lot of textbooks can't claim. The cast studies at the end of each chapter had a lot of variety. All in all, this isn't something I'd read for general interest, but it didn't put me to sleep like many other textbooks have.

[Aimée · Rating 2 out of 5]

For my journalism ethics class.