(Ebook) The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics (Handbooks in Communication and Media) (volume 1+2) by Robert S. Fortner, P. Mark Fackler ISBN 9781405188128, 140518812X

(Ebook) The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics (Handbooks in Communication and Media) (volume 1+2) by Robert S. Fortner, P. Mark Fackler ISBN 9781405188128, 140518812X

This groundbreaking handbook provides a comprehensive picture of the ethical dimensions of communication in a global setting. Both theoretical and practical, this important volume will raise the ethical bar for both scholars and practitioners in the world of global communication and media.Brings together leading international scholars to consider ethical issues raised by globalization, the practice of journalism, popular culture, and media activitiesExamines important themes in communication ethics, including feminism, ideology, social responsibility, reporting, metanarratives, blasphemy, development, and "glocalism", among many othersContains case studies on reporting, censorship, responsibility, terrorism, disenfranchisement, and guilt throughout many countries and regions worldwideContributions by Islamic scholars discuss various facets of that religion's engagement with the public sphere, and others who deal with some of the religious and cultural factors that bedevil efforts to understand our world