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Author Good, Howard

Title Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (297 pages)
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; 1 -- RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISTIC INQUIRY; INTELLECTUAL PRACTICES AND THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH; EPILOGUE; NOTES; 2 -- FABRICATION IN JOURNALISM; JOURNALISM, TRUTH TELLING, AND MOVIES; STEPHEN GLASS IN LIFE AND ON SCREEN; NOTES; 3 -- POLITICAL MANIPULATION OF THE MEDIA; JOURNALISTS AS WATCHDOGS; CHANGE THE STORY, CHANGE THE LEAD; "SEEK TRUTH AND REPORT IT"; REAL TRICKS OF THE PR TRADE; GOOD REPORTING REQUIRES GOOD ETHICS; NOTES; 4 -- WHAT IS GOOD WORK?; GOOD WORK DEFINED; THE RULES OF GOOD WORK; NOTES
5 -- deception and undercover journalismundercover journalism in history; undercover journalism today; notes; 6 -- covering sports; notes; 7 -- when journalists are first responders; rethinking news coverage in die hard; a jerk, but no coward; ambulance chasers, heroes, or "just doing their job"?; from die hard to the real world; notes; 8 -- style over substance; a trip to plato's cave; the tears; the sweat; no place for love?; it is verboten; authentic or not?; notes; 9 -- ethics in black and white; roots of the conflict; filling a vacuum; a web of obligations; ethics in action; notes
10 -- CRIME REPORTINGA REAL-LIFE DRAMA; UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL; DUBIOUS ETHICS; FORGETTING THE FAMILY?; MODEL MUCKRAKING OR JUDGMENTAL JOURNALISM?; THE BENEFITS OF EXPERIENCE; HOW THE SINDO SINNED; DEEP THROATS IN DUBLIN?; NOTES; 11 -- THE UTOPIAN NATURE OF JOURNALISTIC TRUTH; THE NEW KID IN TOWN; WHERE NO FINAL CONCLUSIONS EXIST; NOTES; 12 -- JOURNALISM AND THE VICTIMS OF WAR; "WELCOME TO HELL"; "WE'RE NOT HERE TO HELP"; "THE JOURNALISM OF EMPATHY"; "A VERY SAD EPITAPH"; NOTES; AFTERWORD -- Left Hanging; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS; FOR FURTHER READING; SELECTED JOURNALISM MOVIES FOR FURTHER VIEWING
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Summary Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies poses urgent questions about journalism ethics and offers candid answers. As the title suggests, the authors-some of the nation's leading journalism scholars-investigate popular movies to illustrate the kind of ethical dilemmas journalists encounter on the job, resulting in a student-friendly book sure to spark interest and stimulate thinking. At a time when experts and the public alike worry that journalism has lost its way, here's a book that can provide much-needed, accessible guidance
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Subject Journalists in motion pictures.
Journalistic ethics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
Journalistic ethics
Journalists in motion pictures
Form Electronic book
Author Beasley, Berrin A
Borden, Sandra L
Brown, Robert
Carvalho, John
Dillon, Michael
Ehrlich, Matthew C
Harry, Joseph C
Peck, Lee Anne
Reader, Bill
Saltzman, Joe
Stocking, S. Holly
ISBN 9781461638339
146163833X