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Journal of Mass Media Ethics
Volume 21(4), 2006

 
CONTENTS
 
Keith, Susan, Schwalbe, Carol B., and Silcock, B. William Images in ethics codes in an era of violence and tragedy. 245-264
 
  In an analysis of 47 U.S. journalism ethics codes, we found that although most consider images, only 9 address a gripping issue: how to treat images of tragedy and violence, such as those produced on the battlefields of Iraq, during the 2005 London bombings, and after Hurricane Katrina 
 
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print journalism
ethics
conflict
agreement
news
visualization
 
 
Limor, Yehiel, and Himelboim, Itai Journalism and moonlighting: An international comparison of 242 codes of ethics. 265-285
 
  In this project, we assessed 242 codes of media ethics from 94 countries across the globe, focusing on their treatment of moonlighting 
 
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ethics
organizational
Eastern Europe
print journalism
 
 
Rao, Shakuntala, and Johal, Navjit Singh Ethics and news making in the changing Indian mediascape. 286-303
 
  The Indian mediascape has dramatically changed in the past 15 years 
 
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broadcasting and media
ethics
economics
print journalism
news
law
organizational
privacy
 
 
Fullerton, Romayne Smith, and Patterson, Maggie Jones Murder in our midst: Expanding coverage to include care and responsibility. 304-321
 
  Using a U.S. and a Canadian example, in this article we argue that news reports of murder, especially of the heavily covered signal crimes that become part of community storytelling, often employ predetermined formulas that probe intrusively into the lives of those involved in the murder but ultimately come away with only cheaply sketched, stick-figure portraits 
 
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democracy
law
North America
print journalism
news
 
 
Murphy, James B., Ward, Stephen J. A., and Donovan, Aine Ethical ideals in journalism: Civic uplift or telling the truth? 322-337
 
  In this article, we explore the tension between truth telling and the demands of civic life, with an emphasis on the tension between serving one's county and reporting the truth as completely and independently as possible 
 
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news
print journalism
democracy
ethics
 
 
March, Charles Aristotelian ethos and the new orality: Implications for media literacy and media ethics. 338-352
 
  Modern converged mass media, particularly television and the World Wide Web, may be fostering a new orality in opposition to traditional alphabetical literacy 
 
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computer
television
language
literacy
classical rhetoric
public speaking
deception
ethics
rhetoric
 
 
Tolan, Mary Self-imposed media blackout: A case study. 353-358
 
  The media coverage of an Arizona prison takeover showed the journalistic struggle over the balancing of the fundamental tenets of the craft: How to report truthfully and accurately while minimizing harm 
 
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ethics