Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Virtue Ethics and Professional Journalism

  • Book
  • © 2018

Overview

Authors:
  1. Aaron Quinn

    1. California State University, Chico, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • The first book that argues for journalism as a profession rather than just a craft

  • Calls for adherence to journalism’s fundamental role of providing investigative reporting, and offers suggestions for how this can be done ethically, even under modern economic constraints

  • Authored by a leading researcher in media ethics on two interrelated problems in modern journalism: corrosion and corruption

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 1-16

  3. Corruption and Journalism

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 17-33

  4. What Is a Profession?

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 35-45

  5. Autonomy and Moral Responsibility in Journalism

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 47-67

  6. Moral Psychology for Professional Journalists

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 69-90

  7. Professional Detachment (and Attachment) in Journalism

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 91-113

  8. Confidential Sourcing and Anonymous Documents

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 115-124

  9. Rehabilitating Education for Journalists

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 125-141

  10. Governance in Professional Journalism

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 143-166

  11. A Profession of Journalism?

    • Aaron Quinn
    Pages 167-174

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 175-177
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book examines the moral role of news media practitioners and organizations, and applies a modified philosophical account of Virtue Ethics as a framework for the role of journalists—and journalism organizations—in public life. It shows how journalists and news organizations that adopt an aim towards professional excellence (virtue) by putting a premium on investigative journalism—with both large and small measures depending on the nature of the reporting—can achieve lofty professional goals under modern deadlines. The news media, both electronic and traditional, are imperative to an informed public, and an informed public is critical to a properly functioning cross-section of social, government and corporate domains. The book emphasizes the virtues of justice and integrity as foundational to professional practice. It examines the modern ethical challenges presented by organizations ranging from online upstarts to massive media conglomerates, each that have economic challenges that can inhibit professional excellence through corruption or corrosion. The author applies his account of virtue—bolstered by suggestions for complementary reforms in education and regulation—to improve an ethically challenged industry as it undergoes significant technological change.


 

 

Authors and Affiliations

  • California State University, Chico, USA

    Aaron Quinn

About the author

Aaron Quinn is Professor of Journalism & Public Relations at California State University, Chico. Aaron is author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the area of journalism ethics, and he is co-author of the book Media, Markets, and Morals with Wiley-Blackwell. His primary research interests are in journalism ethics with an emphasis on virtue theory, anti-corruption and questions surrounding moral responsibility in professional conduct.  


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Virtue Ethics and Professional Journalism

  • Authors: Aaron Quinn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01428-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-01427-8Published: 09 November 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13178-4Published: 10 December 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-01428-5Published: 30 October 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 177

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ethics, Journalism, Media Management

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation