Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media ProfessionalsISBN: 978-0-8138-0236-7
Paperback
416 pages
April 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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Part one of the text gives background and overview information
to examine existing professional ethical codes and their
applicability in the new media. Part two delves into the ethical
dilemmas faced by all online communications
professionals—privacy, speech and intellectual property. Part
three warns the reader about three specific types of ethical
hazards—speed vs. accuracy and quality; validating Internet
sources; and blurring editorial with commercial information.
Through the use of historical summaries, discussion of specific problems, case study illustrations, critical thinking exercises, chapter summaries, key points, and recommended readings, each chapter comprehensively explores ethical issues. Aimed at students as well as practicing journalists and media professionals, Digital Dilemmas serves as the essential text and user’s guide to the emerging ethical challenges facing those who work or plan to work in the online media.