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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Ethical Decision Making
Chapter 1 Essay: Cases and Moral Systems, Deni Elliott*Chapter 1 Case Case 1-A: How to Read a Case Study, Philip Patterson
Chapter 2: Information Ethics: A Profession Seeks the TruthChapter 2 Cases:*Case 2-A: What's Yours is Mine: The Ethics of News Aggregation, Chad Painter *Case 2-B: Is It News Yet?, Michelle PeltierCase 2-C: Visualizing September 11th, Sara GettysCase 2-D: The Spouse is Squeezed: A South Carolina TV Reporter's Attempt To Conceal Her Source, Sonya Forte Duhe Case 2-E: When Is Objective Reporting Irresponsible Reporting?, Theodore GlasserCase 2-F, Monitoring The Monitor: Taste, Politics and an Explosive Photo, Gina Bramucci
Chapter 3: Strategic Communication: Does Client Advocate Mean Consumer Adversary? Chapter 3 Cases:*Case 3-A: Corporate Responsibility: Just Sales or Doing Well by Doing Good?, Christine Lesicko*Case 3-B: Tailgate Approved? The Rise and Fall of the Fan Can, Erin SchausterCase 3-C: Taking It For a Spin: Accepting Product Samples in the Newsroom, Philip PattersonCase 3-D: Was That an Apple Computer I Just Saw? A Comparison of Product Placement in U.S. Network Television and Abroad, Philip Patterson Case 3-E: Breaking Through the Clutter: Ads That Make You Think Twice, Fritz Cropp IVCase 3-F: In The Eye of The Beholder: Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty, Brandi Herman-RoseCase 3-G: Quit, Blow the Whistle or Go With the Flow?, Robert D. Wakefield *Case 3-H: Getting The Story, Getting Arrested: Photojournalism and Activism, Lee Wilkins*Case 3-I: The New York Times Sudan "Advertorial": Blood Money or The Marketplace of Ideas?, Heather Holloway
Chapter 4: Loyalty: Choosing Between Competing AllegiancesChapter 4 Cases:*Case 4-A: Twitter Ethics for Journalists: Can You Scoop Yourself?, Charlotte BellisCase 4-B: Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Reporting and Relationships in a Small Market, Ginny WhitehouseCase 4-C: A Question of Role: Is a Documentary Filmmaker a Friend, a Journalist or an Entertainer?, Nancy Mitchell Case 4-D: Conflicted Interests, Contested Terrain: The New York Times Code of Ethics, Bonnie BrennenCase 4-E: Freebies and the Houston Rodeo, Jim MathenyCase 4-F: Can You Relate: Cross-Cultural Sensitivity and Reporting, Isabel Ordonez
Chapter 5: Privacy: Looking for Solitude in the Global VillageChapter 5 Cases:Case 5-A: Funeral Photos of Fallen Soldiers: Public Interest or Public Outrage?, Penny CockerellCase 5-B: A Person of Interest, Cara DeMicheleCase 5-C: Blind Justice? On Naming Kobe Bryant's Accuser After the Rape Charge is Dropped, Patrick Lee Plaisance*Case 5-D: Children Privacy and Framing: The Use of Children's Images in an Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Ad, Yang Liu
Chapter 6: Mass Media in a Democratic Society: Keeping a PromiseChapter 6 Cases:*Case 6-A: Cable News: 24/7 Political Speech or Something Else?, Su JingCase 6-B: Victims and The Press, Robert LoganCase 6-C: Painful Images of War: Too painful For Whom? When?, Beverly HorvitCase 6-D: For God and Country: The Media and National Security, Jeremy Littau and Mark SlagleCase 6-E: Mayor Jim West's Computer, Ginny Whitehouse*Case 6-F: Journalists or Jokesters: The Pimp, The Prostitute and an ACORN That Fell Away From The Tree, Philip Patterson
Chapter 7: Media Economics: The Deadline Meets the Bottom LineChapter 7 Cases:Case 7-A: Crossing The Line? The L.A. Times and the Staples Affair, Meredith Bradford and Philip PattersonCase 7-B: Profit Versus News: The Case of the L.A. Times and the Tribune Company, Lee WilkinsCase 7-C: "Bonding" Announcements in the News, Joann ByrdCase 7-D: Punishing the Messenger: The Tobacco Industry and the Press, Steve Weinberg*Case 7-E: Is It News Yet?, Michelle Peltier*Case 7-F: Paying the (Newspaper) Bills, Ivy Ashe
Chapter 8: Picture This: The Ethics of Photo and Video JournalismChapter 8 Cases:Case 8-A: Daniel Pearl and the Boston Phoenix: Too Much of a Bad Thing?, Timothy RagonesCase 8-B: Problem Photos and Public Outcry, Jon RoosenraadCase 8-C: Manipulating Photos: Is It Ever Justified?, Lee WilkinsCase 8-D: "Above the Fold": Balancing Newsworthy Photos with Community Standards, Jim Godbold and Janelle HartmanCase 8-E: Horror in Soweto, Sue O'BrienCase 8-F: Death in Print: Publication of Hurricane Katrina Photographs, Abigail M. Pheiffer*Case 8-G: Digital Manipulation as Deceit? A Case Study of a Redbook Magazine Cover, Elizabeth Hendrickson
Chapter 9: New Media: Continuing Questions and New RolesChapter 9 Cases:Case 9-A: Ethics on the Internet: Abiding By the Rules of the Road on the Information Superhighway, Bruce LewensteinCase 9-B: What Were You Linking?, Paul Voakes Case 9-C: The Information Sleazeway: Robust Comment Meets the Data Robots, Fred VulteeCase 9-D: Death Underneath the Media Radar: The Anuak Genocide in Ethiopia, Doug McGill*Case 9-E: Ownership of Information in a Digital Age: Problems and Possibilities, Lee Wilkins*Case 9-F: Sending the Wrong Information About Doing the Right Thing, Naomi Weisbrook*Case 9-G: Looking for Truth Behind the Wal-Mart Blogs, Philip Patterson*Case 9-H: Twitter Ethics for Journalists: Can You Scoop Yourself?, Charlotte Bellis
Chapter 10: The Ethical Dimensions of Art and EntertainmentChapter 10 Cases:*Case 10-A: When Radio Comedy Crosses the Line: Trouble at the BBC, Brian Simmons*Case 10-B: Hardly Art, Mito Habe-EvansCase 10-C: "Schindler's List": The Role of Memory, Lee WilkinsCase 10-D: Naomi Campbell: Do Celebrities Have Privacy?, Lee WilkinsCase 10-E: Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of Tasteful Broadcasting, Brian SimmonsCase 10-F: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? Michael Reidel and Theater Criticism, Brian M. Vandevender
Chapter 11: Becoming a Moral Adult
