Media Ethics

(*new to this edition)

Foreword
Preface

1. An Introduction to Ethical Decision-Making
Essay: Cases and moral systems (Deni Elliott)
Case 1-A: How to read a case study (Philip Patterson)

Introduction to Part I

2. Information Ethics: A Profession Seeks the?Truth
*Case 2-A: âReally crazyâ: Fox News hosts didnât believe their own coverage of election fraud claims (Chad Painter)
*Case 2-B: Sports Illustrated avatars: Generative AI and journalistic integrity (Mark Heisten)
*Case 2-C: Ethical dilemmas in news coverage: The case of Breonna Taylor (Shreyoshi Ghosh)
Case 2-D: Donât tweet ill of the dead (Chad Painter)
Case 2-E: Anonymous or confidential: Unnamed news sources in the news (Lee Wilkins)
Case 2-F: When is objective reporting irresponsible reporting? (Theodore L. Glasser)

3. Privacy: Looking for Solitude in the Global Village
*Case 3-A: Sharenting: Privacy concerns of sharing photos and videos of children on social media (Brooke Baker)
Case 3-B: Guilty by Google: Unpublishing and crime reporting in the digital age (Deborah L. Dwyer)
Case 3-C: Drones and the?news (Kathleen Bartzen Culver)
Case 3-D: Doxxer, doxxer, give me the news? (Mark Anthony Poepsel)
*Case 3-E: Remember my fame: Digital necromancy and the immortal celebrity (Samantha Most)
*Case 3-F: Watchdog or horndog: Daily Mail, revenge porn, and Katie Hill (Chad Painter)

4. Loyalty: Choosing between Competing Allegiances
*Case 4-A: College media: When students are the watchdog (Chad Painter)
*Case 4-B: Natural hair on air (Chad Painter)
Case 4-C: To watch or to report: What journalists were thinking in the midst of disaster (Lee Wilkins)
Case 4-D: When you are the story: Sexual harassment in the newsroom (Lee Wilkins)
Case 4-E: Where everybody knows your name: Reporting and relationships in a small market (Ginny Whitehouse)
Case 4-F: Quit, blow the whistle, or go with the?flow? (Robert D. Wakefield)

5. Mass Media in a Democratic Society: Keeping a Promise
Case 5-A: Murder the media: Ethics on January 6, 2021 (Lee Wilkins)
Case 5-B: When journalists question algorithms and automated systems (Xerxes Minocher and Kathleen Bartzen Culver)
Case 5-C: Mayor Jim Westâs computer (Ginny Whitehouse)
Case 5-D: For God and country: The media and national security (Jeremy Littau and Mark Slagle)
*Case 5-E: Rules of engagement: Mary Louise Kelly and the Mike Pompeo interview (Lee Wilkins)
*Case 5-F: Harry and Meghan: Context and control (Lee Wilkins)

6. Informing a Just Society
*Case 6-A: âBring back manly menâ: Right- and left-wing backlash to Harry Stylesâs Vogue cover (Alayna Yates)
*Case 6-B: Sex sells (but should it?): Female athletes in sports media (Mary Ellen Duvall)
*Case 6-C: Should a newspaper be private in public? (Lee Wilkins)
Case 6-D: Journalism and activism? When identity becomes political (Rebecca Smith)
Case 6-E: Whereâs the line? Covering racial protest on a college campus (Nicole Kraft)
Case 6-F: A second draft of history: The New York Timesâs 1619 Project (Lee Wilkins)

Introduction to Part II

7. Strategic Communication: The Ethics of Persuasion
*Case 7-A: âThereâs a code you donât breachâ: The outing of âastroturfingâ in Hollywood PR (Philip Patterson)
*Case 7-B: Mattelâs pink revolution: How Barbie turned the tables on performative DEI (Kyle Harris)
*Case 7-C: Bud Light and Dylan Mulvaney: Unthoughtful inclusivity, backlash, and online abuse (Evgeniia Belobrovkina)
Case 7-D: Through the glass darkly: Peloton, body shaming, and Americaâs odd relationship with exercise (Lee Wilkins)
Case 7-E: Weedvertising (Lee Wilkins)
Case 7-F: Keeping up with the Kardashiansâ prescription drug choices (Tara Walker)

8. Picture This: Technology, Visual Information, and Evolving Standards
*Case 8-A: Misinformation (and) war: Responsible journalism in the digital age (Rania Al Namara)
Case 8-B: Taylor Swift and deepfake pornography: Is it ever appropriate to restrict violent speech? (Lee Wilkins)
*Case 8-C: New York Times ends political cartoons (Chad Painter)
Case 8-F: Did you meme that? The unhoppy life of Pepe the Frog (Lee Wilkins)
Case 8-E: Problem photos and public outcry (Jon Roosenraad)
*Case 8-F: Above the fold: Balancing newsworthy photos with community standards (Jim Godbold and Janelle Hartman)

9. Media Economics: The Deadline Meets the Bottom Line
*Case 9-A: Reinventing the local newspaper: Can all-digital compete in a changing media environment (Lee Wilkins)
*Case 9-B: When Taylor met Travis: The NFLâs Swiftie era (Chad Painter)
*Case 9-C: When investigative reporting is bad for business (Chad Painter)
Case 9-D: Who controls the local news? Sinclair Broadcast Group and âmust-runsâ (Keena Neal)
Case 9-E: Contested interests, contested terrain: The New York Times code of ethics (Lee Wilkins and Bonnie Brennen)
Case 9-F: Automated journalism: The rise of robot reporters (Chad Painter)

10. The Ethical Dimensions of Art and Entertainment
*Case 10-A: Pay to play (or at least to win): Loot boxes in video games (Chad Painter)
Case 10-B: #OscarsSoWhite: Representation in the creative process (Lee Wilkins)
Case 10-C: Get Out: When the horror is race (Michael Fuhlhage and Lee Wilkins)
Case 10-D: The Onion: Finding humor in mass shootings (Chad Painter)
Case 10-E: Spotlight: It takes a village to abuse a child (Lee Wilkins)
Case 10-F: Fyre Festival becomes Fyre fraud (Emily Horvath and Chad Painter)

11. Becoming a Moral Adult

References
Index