NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
Stephen J. A. Ward, editor.
Handbook of Global Media Ethics.
ISBN:
978-3-319-32103-5 (e-book)
978-3-319-32102-8 (printed book)
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing, 2021
https://link.springer.com/book/9783319321028
Assisted by six media scholars, I edited this book as a timely resource for teachers, researchers, students, and citizens on ethics of global media. It is the first comprehensive handbook outlining the problems, issues, principles, methods, and future of this emerging area of ethics.
The book’s 70 chapters are spread over two volumes featuring original research by 76 authors around the world. The two volumes are divided into seven sections or topic areas. Each area was overseen by a separate editor. The chapters range from the theoretical, such as the methods, aims, and theory of global media ethics, to the practical, for example how to cover global issues like a pandemic or agents of misinformation. Each topic area is introduced by the editor in charge, plus there are suggestions for future reading.
This was an ambitious and complex undertaking. I see it as a milestone in media ethics. It is one more step in showing, concretely, how moral globalism - the philosophy behind this book - can be implemented. Some day, I hope, media ethics will be global media ethics, and the fact that it is “global” will be taken for granted.
The project was completed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This required persistence and dedication by the authors and my distinguished section editors, professors Richard Keeble, Wendy Wyatt, Clifford Christians, Kathleen Culver, Katherine Bell, and Ian Richards. As editor-in-chief, I was assisted by professor Christians who doubled as section editor and managing editor.
Why a global media ethics? The advent of new media that is global in reach and impact has created the need for a media ethics that is global in principles and aims. Much of existing media ethics, such as codes of ethics and practices, are too parochial and aimed at professional practitioners. This approach fails to provide adequate normative guidance for a media that is digital, global, and practiced by professional and citizen. A global media ethics seeks to define what responsible public journalism means for a global media era.
About the Author:
Stephen J. A. Ward, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized author, media ethicist, and historian of ideas whose research is on the ethics of global digital media as well as the rise of extreme media and its impact on democracy. He is professor emeritus and Distinguished Lecturer on Ethics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. He has written and edited 10 books on media ethics, including the award-winning Radical Media Ethics and The Invention of Journalism Ethics. A former war reporter, he is founding director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin, co-founder of the UBC School of Journalism in Vancouver, and former director of the Turnbull Media Center at the University of Oregon in Portland. He has won the President’s Award for lifetime contribution to journalism from the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Handbook of Global Media Ethics.
ISBN:
978-3-319-32103-5 (e-book)
978-3-319-32102-8 (printed book)
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing, 2021
https://link.springer.com/book/9783319321028
Assisted by six media scholars, I edited this book as a timely resource for teachers, researchers, students, and citizens on ethics of global media. It is the first comprehensive handbook outlining the problems, issues, principles, methods, and future of this emerging area of ethics.
The book’s 70 chapters are spread over two volumes featuring original research by 76 authors around the world. The two volumes are divided into seven sections or topic areas. Each area was overseen by a separate editor. The chapters range from the theoretical, such as the methods, aims, and theory of global media ethics, to the practical, for example how to cover global issues like a pandemic or agents of misinformation. Each topic area is introduced by the editor in charge, plus there are suggestions for future reading.
This was an ambitious and complex undertaking. I see it as a milestone in media ethics. It is one more step in showing, concretely, how moral globalism - the philosophy behind this book - can be implemented. Some day, I hope, media ethics will be global media ethics, and the fact that it is “global” will be taken for granted.
The project was completed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This required persistence and dedication by the authors and my distinguished section editors, professors Richard Keeble, Wendy Wyatt, Clifford Christians, Kathleen Culver, Katherine Bell, and Ian Richards. As editor-in-chief, I was assisted by professor Christians who doubled as section editor and managing editor.
Why a global media ethics? The advent of new media that is global in reach and impact has created the need for a media ethics that is global in principles and aims. Much of existing media ethics, such as codes of ethics and practices, are too parochial and aimed at professional practitioners. This approach fails to provide adequate normative guidance for a media that is digital, global, and practiced by professional and citizen. A global media ethics seeks to define what responsible public journalism means for a global media era.
About the Author:
Stephen J. A. Ward, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized author, media ethicist, and historian of ideas whose research is on the ethics of global digital media as well as the rise of extreme media and its impact on democracy. He is professor emeritus and Distinguished Lecturer on Ethics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. He has written and edited 10 books on media ethics, including the award-winning Radical Media Ethics and The Invention of Journalism Ethics. A former war reporter, he is founding director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin, co-founder of the UBC School of Journalism in Vancouver, and former director of the Turnbull Media Center at the University of Oregon in Portland. He has won the President’s Award for lifetime contribution to journalism from the Canadian Association of Journalists.
