The Handbook Of Mass Media Ethics

The Handbook of Mass Media Ethics brings together the intellectual history of mass media ethics over the past 25 years. The chapters included summarize existing research and thinking in the field, as well as setting agenda items for future research that is grounded in both philosophy and the social sciences. Each chapter includes a section that summarizes current understanding and research, and contributions come from many of the best minds in the field, including international scholars. Many have worked as journalists, public relations professionals, or advertising practitioners.

Lee Wilkins is the editor of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and the author and co-author of scholarly books and articles and a textbook on media ethics. She is a former newspaper reporter and editor and holds the doctorate in political science from the University of Oregon. She is a member of the radio-television faculty at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She has has won Missouri’s highest teaching award, and her research focuses on how journalists make ethical decisions.

Clifford G. Christians is the Charles H. Sandage Distinguished Professor and a Research Professor of Communications at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He holds joint appointments as a Professor of Journalism and a Professor of Media Studies. His academic degrees include a B.A in classical philosophy from Calvin College, a Th.M. in theology and culture from Fuller Theological Seminary, and and a Ph.D. in communications from the University of Illinois. In addition to having published extensively, Christians has won five teaching awards, and his interests are in the philosophy of technology, dialogic communication theory, and media ethics.