The Dialectic in Journalism: Toward a Responsible Use of Press Freedom

by John C. Merrill and Carter R. Bryan

Book Overview

"A main intent of this book is to show how freedom relates to ethics in journalism and at the same time to discuss how a number of other contraries or antinomies are unsuitable in the real world of journalism. I also hope to demonstrate how a synthesis--a position near the Aristotelian Golden Mean--is the best solution to many of the problems of mass communication. We need to form the habit of thinking dialectically about many of our journalistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807118893
• ISBN13: 9780807118894
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"