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Handbook of Communication Ethics

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ISBN-10: 0415994659

ISBN-13: 9780415994651

Edition: 2011

Authors: George Cheney, Steve May, Debashish Munshi

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This handbook bridges "explicit" treatments of ethical issues in communication and "implicit" considerations of ethics, putting under one umbrella analyses and applications that draw upon recognized ethical theories and those which, while they do not cite traditional ethical theorists, nevertheless engage important questions of power, equality, and justice. The collection has three major sections: resources for theoretical understanding and insight; application to specialties of communication study; and contemporary issues of social and economic justice. The Handbook fills an important niche in the literature of communication studies, through consolidating knowledge about the multiple…    
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Book details

List price: $84.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 1/18/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 532
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Steve May (Ph.D., Utah; M.A. and B.A., Purdue) is currently Assistant Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Besides UNC, May has held positions at the University of Utah, Montana State University, and the University of Waikato (in New Zealand). Since 1999 hes been Editor of Management Communication Quarterly (Forum) [SAGE]. Hes also served as associate editor of Management Communication Quarterly (1996-98), Journal of Business Communication (1995-97), Electronic Journal of Radical Organizational Theory (1997), Australian Journal of Communication (special issue, 19970, Communication Theory (special issues, 1996, 1997), and…    

Foreword
Preface
Author Biographies
Encountering Communication Ethics in the Contemporary World: Principles, People, and Contexts
Theory Old and New
A Contribution to Ethical Theory and Praxis
Ethics, Rhetoric, and Discourse
Situating a Dialogic Ethics: A Dialogic Confession
Feminist Discursive Ethics
Power and Ethics
What Are We, Then? Postmodernism, Globalization, and the Meta-Ethics of Contemporary Communication
Decolonizing Communication Ethics: A Framework for Communicating Otherwise
Contexts of Application and Theory Development
Interpersonal Communication Ethics
Ethical Challenges in Small Group Communication
Communication Ethics and Organizational Contexts: Divergent Values and Moral Puzzles
Journalism Ethics in Theory and Practice
Ethical Dimensions of New Technology/Media
Public Relations and Marketing: Ethical Issues and Professional Practice in Society
Visual Communication in Traditional and Digital Contexts
The Search for Social Justice and the Presumption of Innocence in the Duke University (USA) Lacrosse Case of 2006-2007: Implications for Contemporary Legal and Ethical Communication
Political Communication Ethics: Postmodern Opportunities and Challenges
Ethics in Health Communication
Science, Democracy, and the Prospect for Deliberation
Intercultural Communication Ethics: Multiple Layered Issues
Contemporary Issues
Diversity, Identity, and Multiculturalism in the Media: The Case of Muslims in the British Press
Hierarchies of Equality: Positive Peace in a Democratic Idiom
Democracy, Publicness, and Global Governance
Religion, State, and Secularism: How Should States Deal with Deep Religious Diversity?
Truth, Evils, Justice, and the Event of Wild(er)ness: Using Badiou to Think the Ethics of Environmentalism
Economic Justice and Communication Ethics: Considering Multiple Points of Intersection
The Polyphony of Corporate Social Responsibility: Deconstructing Accountability and Transparency in the Context of Identity and Hypocrisy
When Unreason Masquerades as Reason: Can Law Regulate Trade and Networked Communication Ethically?
Response and Conclusion: A Vision of Applied Ethics for Communication Studies
Index