Media Ethics, 9781538167144
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Ethical choices in a complex world: AI, elections, and modern media.
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Summary

Ethical Crossroads: Navigating Media Ethics in the Age of AI

The eleventh edition of this authoritative book focuses on the most pressing media ethics issues, including coverage of the 2024 elections and the emergence of AI. Enabling students to make ethical decisions in an increasingly complex environment, the book focuses on practical ethical theory for use across the media curriculum.

Twenty-three new cases address events from the Israel-Hamas war, AI-gen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781538167144
ISBN-10:153816714X
Author:Chad Painter, Lee Wilkins, Philip Patterson, Erin E. Schauster
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:488
Edition:11th
Release Date:12 November 2025
Weight:454g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

The best way to engage students in a conversation about media ethics is to provide them with relevant cases that they can relate to. This book provides a great mix of contemporary cases from varied media. – Dom Caristi, Ball State University, USAThis book is one of the few that examines media ethics from the perspective of various media disciplines including photography, advertising and public relations in addition to news. This reality makes it easier to address the needs and interests of our students enrolled in these various concentrations. – Marlene S. Neill, APR, Fellow PRSA, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Baylor University

About The Author

Chad Painter

Chad Painter is associate professor and department chair of communication at the University of Dayton, USA.

Erin E. Schauster is associate professor of advertising, public relations, and media design at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA.

Lee Wilkins is Distinguished Curator’s Teaching Professor and professor emerita in the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, USA.

Philip Patterson is Distinguished Professor of Mass Communication at Oklahoma Christian University, USA.

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