Overview
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
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Keywords
- restoring investigative journalism
- professional journalism
- virtue ethics
- corruption in journalism
- professional corruption
- organisational professional corruption
- fox news corp
- media ownership regulation
- Charlie Hebdo
- journalism and professionalism
- professional autonomy and moral responsibility
- professional detachment and journalism
- detachment, personal integrity, and justice
- problems with confidential sourcing
- journalism education
- investigative research and reporting
- journalism ethics courses
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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