Virtue in Media: The Moral Psychology of Excellence in News and Public Relations

by Patrick Plaisance

Book Overview

This work establishes a contemporary profile of virtue in professional media practice. Author Patrick Lee Plaisance examines the experiences, perspectives, moral stances, and demographic data of two dozen professional exemplars in journalism and public relations. Plaisance conducted extensive personal "life story" interviews and collected survey data to assess the exemplars' personality traits, ethical ideologies, moral reasoning skills and perceived...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415707447
• ISBN13: 9780415707442
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"