Overview

"This volume addresses some of the central issues of journalism today - the nature and needs of the individual vs. the nature and needs of the broader society; theories of communitarianism vs. Enlightenment liberalism; independence vs. interdependence (vs. co-dependency); negative vs. positive freedoms; Constitutional mandates vs. marketplace mandates; universal ethical issues vs. situational and/or professional values; traditional values vs. information age values; ethics of management vs. ethics of worker bees; commitment and compassion vs. detachment and professional ""distance""; conflicts of interest vs. conflicted disinterest; and ""talking to"" vs. ""talking with"". All of these issues are discussed within the framework of the frenetic field of daily journalism - a field that operates at a pace and under a set of professional standards that all but preclude careful, systematic examinations of its own rituals and practices. The explorations presented here not only advance the enterprise, but also help student and professional observers to work through some of the most perplexing dilemmas to have faced the news media and public in recent times. The volume presents the differing opinions of journalistic experts on this significant contemporary issue in public life. Unlike previous books and monographs which have tended toward unbridled enthusiasm about public journalism, and trade press articles which have tended toward pessimism, this book offers strong voices on several sides of this complex debate. To help inform the debate, a series of ""voices"" - journalistic interviews with practitioners and critics of public journalism - is interspersed throughout the text. At the end of each essay, a series of quotes from a wide variety of sources - ""In other words..."" - augments each chapter with ideas and insights that support and contradict the points used by each chapter author."

Full Product Details

Author:   Jay Black (University of South Florida, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780805825428

ISBN 10:   0805825428
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   01 February 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Contents: J. Black, Introduction. J.W. Carey, Community, Public, and Journalism. C.G. Christians, The Common Good and Universal Values. Voices: A Different Way of Covering Crime. L.W. Hodges, Ruminations About the Communitarian Debate. Voices: San Diego Gets a Good News Solution. J.C. Merrill, Communitarianism's Rhetorical War Against Enlightenment Liberalism. Voices: The Sound of Discontent. R.D. Barney, A Dangerous Drift? The Siren's Call to Collectivism. Voices: In the Beginning There Was Columbus. R. Anderson, R. Dardenne, G.M. Killenberg, The American Newspaper as the Public Conversational Commons. Voices: ""South of Heaven"": A Community in Conversation With Itself. T.L. Glasser, S. Craft, Public Journalism and the Prospects for Press Accountability. Voices: What's So New About Public Journalism? J.H. Altschull, A Crisis of Conscience: Is Community Journalism the Answer? Voices: Adding Color to Public Journalism. R.M. Steele, The Ethics of Civic Journalism: Independence as the Guide. Voices: ""Final Indignities"": Finally, a Voice for the Community. D.B. Merritt, Public Journalism, Independence, and Civic Capital...Three Ideas in Complete Harmony. P. McMasters, A First Amendment Perspective on Public Journalism. Voices: McMasters and Merritt Debate the Merits of Public Journalism. L. Wilkins, Communitarian and Environmental Journalism. D. Elliott, The Problem of Compassionate Journalism. L. Peck, L. Waddell, Annotated Bibliography."

Reviews

...provides a representative picture of the current state of the debate: impassioned, urgent -- and a long way from being resolved. -Journal of Mass Media Ethics ...a balanced text...covers the public journalism debate. -Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

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