Groping for Ethics in Journalism

by H. Eugene Goodwin and Ron F. Smith H. Eugene Goodwin

Book Overview

This edition updates the reader on the declining state of ethics in American journalism. It evaluates the rights and wrongs of journalistic behaviour and suggests ways journalists should improve their... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813808162
• ISBN13: 9780813808161
• Release Date: November 1983
• Publisher: Iowa State Press
• Length: 335 Pages

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For journalism students, faculty, and professionals

Now in its fifth edition, Groping For Ethics In Journalism by Ron F. Smith (Professor of Journalism, University of Central Florida - Orlando) is a scholarly, thoughtful, and thought-provoking exploration of diverse and complex issues affecting the practice of professional journalism today. Intended for journalism students, faculty, and professionals, Groping For Ethics In Journalism covers such matters as objectivity, corrections, the very real issue of faking the news, financial concerns and other conflicts of interest, issues of privacy, the government's eye, and much more. No university level Journalism Studies collection can be considered complete or up-to-date without the inclusion of Professor Smith's Groping For Ethics In Journalism.