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Book Review Ethics & Journalism
Karen Saunders (2003). Ethics & Journalism. (London & Thousand Oaks: Sage). xii + 196 pp. ISBN 0-7619-6967-5. $24.95 (paper). Appendix (The Press Complaints Commission and the code of practice), chapter notes, bibliography, index.
Book Review Groping for Ethics in Journalism
Ron F. Smith (2003). Groping for Ethics in Journalism (5th ed.). (Ames, IA: Iowa State Press). ix + 422 pp. ISBN 0-8138-1088-4, $44.99 (hardbound). Chapter case studies (most chapters), chapter notes, index.
Book Review Thinking Clearly: Cases in Journalistic Decision-Making
Tom Rosenstiel & Amy S. Mitchell (eds.) (2003). Thinking Clearly: Cases in Journalistic Decision-Making. x + 265 pp. ISBN 0-231-12589- 5. $54.50 (paper). (New York: Columbia University Press) Case studies, sources, notes, authors' biographies.
Book Review Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning
Clifford G. Christians, Mark Fackler, Kim B. Rotzoll & Kathy Brittain McKee (2001). Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning (6th ed.). xv + 333 pp. ISBN 0-8013-3338-5. $55.26. (New York: Longman). Chapter notes, recommended readings, index.
Book Review Media Ethics: An Introduction to Responsible Journalism
Johan Retief (2002). Media Ethics: An Introduction to Responsible Journalism. (Capetown, S.A. & Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press). x + 261 pp. ISBN 0-19-578137-6. $14.95 (paper). Institutional & professional codes of ethics, bibliography, index.
Book Review Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals
Robert I. Berkman & Christopher A. Shumway (2003). Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals. (Ames, IA: Iowa State Press). xxi + 386 pp. ISBN 0-8138-0236-9. $39.99 (paper). Appendix: ethical codes of major online media organizations, notes, references, index.
Book Review Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape
Philip E. Agre & Marc Rotenberg (eds.) (1997). Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press). ix + 325 pp. ISBN 0-262-01162-X. $25.00 (hardcover). Chapter references, list of contributors, index.
Book ReviewFrom Yahweh to Yahoo!: The Religious Roots of the Secular Press
Doug Underwood. (2002) From Yahweh to Yahoo!: The Religious Roots of the Secular Press. (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press). xv + 346 pp. ISBN 0-252-02706-X. $ 34.95 (hardcover). Notes, bibliography, index.
Book ReviewCyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age
Mike Godwin (2003). Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age (revised & updated ed.). (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press). xxiii + 402 pp. ISBN 0-262-57168-4. $21.95 (paper). Notes, index.
Book Review The Public Journalism Movement in America: Evangelists in the Newsroom
Don H. Corrigan (1999). The Public Journalism Movement in America: Evangelists in the Newsroom. (Westport, CT: Praeger). xviii + 235 pp. ISBN 0-275-96781-0. $67.95 (hardbound). Appendix: Public Journalism Lexicon, bibliography, index.
Book Review Gender, Race and Class in Media (A Text-Reader)
Gail Dines & Jean M. Humez (eds.)(1995). Gender, Race and Class in Media (A Text-Reader). (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage). xxi + 648 pp. ISBN 0-8039-5164-7. $46.95 (paper), $89.95 (hardcover). Resources for media activism, glossary, bibliography, author & subject indices, authors' biographies.
Book ReviewInside the Beltway: A Guide to Washington Reporting
Don Campbell & Wendell Cochran (2003). Inside the Beltway: A Guide to Washington Reporting (2nd ed.). (Ames, IA: Iowa State Press). ix + 233 pp. ISBN 0-8138-1494-4. $ 36.99 (paper). Resources, index.
Book Review On the Record: An Insider's Guide to Journalism
Tom Wicker (2002). On the Record: An Insider's Guide to Journalism. (Boston & New York: Bedford/St. Martins). ix + 164 pp. ISBN 0-312-25844-5. (paper). Index.
Book ReviewDon't Shoot the Messenger: How Our Growing Hatred of the Media Threatens Free Speech for All of Us
Bruce W. Sanford (1999). Don't Shoot the Messenger: How Our Growing Hatred of the Media Threatens Free Speech for All of Us. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield). vi + 257 pp. ISBN 0-7425-0837-4. Notes, bibliography, index.
Book ReviewEthics and Media Culture: Practices and Representations
David Berry (ed.) (2000). Ethics and Media Culture: Practices and Representations. (Oxford, U.K. & Woburn, MA: Focal Press). xix + 350 pp. ISBN 0-240-51603-8. $34.99 (paper). Chapter endnotes & references, index. This is another book with a British orientation, and is designed for the advanced student or scholar in the U.
Book Review Informacion, ficcion, persuasion: Es la etica una utopia?
Monica Codina (Ed.) (2002): Informacion, ficcion, persuasion: Es la etica una utopia? (Pamplona, Espaļ¾¤a: Ediciones Eunate), 312 pp. ISBN 84-7768-135-X, $15 (paper). .
Book Review Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron?
Robert E. Denton, Jr. (ed.) (2000). Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron? (Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group). xx + 263 pp. ISBN 0-275-96482. $ 72.50 (hardcover). ISBN 0-275-96483 (paper). Chapter notes & references, selected bibliography, index, authors' biographies.
Happy Fifteenth Birthday
By Thomas Cooper A thank you to readers, contributors, sponsors and friends.
The Ethics of Disclosure: A Policy Review
By Mike Dillon What policies do news organizations have in place to prevent corporate conflicts of interest?
Ethicalia
War Casualties I: The Media The Iraq war shook American journalism. The patriotic gesture of not challenging the President during wartime permitted the Bush administration to convince the majority of Americans that Saddam Hussein was connected to 9/11, making the invasion of Iraq an act of self-defense.
