Ethics for Public Communication: Defining Moments in Media History

by Clifford G. Christians, Mark Fackler, John P. Ferré, et al.

Book Overview

Focusing on one historic episode per chapter, Ethics for Public Communication is divided into three parts, each dedicated to one of the three major functions of the media within democratic societies: news, persuasion, and entertainment. Authors Clifford Christians, Mark Fackler, and John Ferr , three trusted scholars in the field, discuss media ethics from a communicative perspective, setting the book apart from other texts in the market that simply...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195374541
• ISBN13: 9780195374544
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"