Media Ethics and Justice in the Age of Globalization

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Shakuntala Rao, Herman Wasserman

   Pages 1-22

3. The Moral Priority of Globalism in a Media-Saturated World

   • Stephen J. A. Ward

   Pages 23-42

4. Global Justice and Civil Society

   • Clifford G. Christians

   Pages 43-58

5. Social Justice and Citizenship in South Africa: The Media’s Role

   • Herman Wasserman

   Pages 59-79

6. Paying for Journalism: An Ethics-Based and Collaborative Business Model

   • Lee Wilkins

   Pages 80-99

7. News for Sale: ‘Paid News’, Media Ethics, and India’s Democratic Public Sphere

   • Vipul Mudgal

   Pages 100-120

8. Practices of Indian Journalism: Justice, Ethics, and Globalization

   • Shakuntala Rao

   Pages 121-138

9. Justice as an Islamic Journalistic Value and Goal

   • Muhammad I. Ayish

   Pages 139-154

10. Rammohun Roy’s Idea of ‘Public Good’ in the Early Days of Journalism Ethics in India

    • Prasun Sonwalkar

    Pages 155-173

11. The Chief and the Channels: How Satellite Television Sparked a Social Movement for the ‘Rule of Law’ that Is Restructuring Political Power in Pakistan

    • Shahan Mufti

    Pages 174-193

12. The Changing Structure of Media and Ethics in India

    • Bharat Bhushan

    Pages 194-209

13. Back Matter

    Pages 210-219

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This book uses global perspectives to address questions of media ethics and justice in a local and transnational global environment, and examines the common denominator running through such disparate investigations of theories and practices of media ethics and justice in the democracies of India, South Africa, Pakistan, and the United States.

• Media
• Ethics
• Justice
• Amartya Sen
• Globalization
• India
• Journalism
• environment
• ethics
• globalization
• media
• Moral
• Nation
• social justice
• television
• Transnational
• area studies

“Focusing particularly on the issue of justice as a universal ethical construct, this book contributes to understanding global media ethics. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (J. L. Aucoin, Choice, Vol. 53 (5), January, 2016)

'This book offers a significant and theoretically well informed collection of essays exploring the reciprocal implications of globalization and developments in media. Drawing on cases studies from around the globe, the distinguished contributors offer evidence to inform the scholarly debate about morality in shaping media ecology. It is essential reading for everyone interested in the shifting complexities of media ethics and justice.'

- Bob Franklin, Professor of Journalism Studies, Cardiff University, UK

'Rao and Wasserman's co-edited book argues for a journalism ethics linked to social justice, civil society, and citizenship, a normative argument that cannot be repeated often enough. While advocating strenuously for a global ethics, essayists with experience in academia and the practice of journalism in Pakistan, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, the United States and India have opened up the field for new research on national constraints, including challenges from government control and profit-making ownership.'

- Bella Mody, Professor Emerita and deCastro Chair in Global Media (2004-2014), University of Colorado Boulder, USA

• State University of New York, USA

  Shakuntala Rao

• University of Cape Town, South Africa

  Herman Wasserman

Mohammad Ayish, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Bharat Bhushan, Indian Council of Social Science Research, India Clifford Christians, University of Illinois, USA Nick Couldry, London School of Economics, UK Vipul Mudgal, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), India Shahan Mufti, University of Richmond, USA Shakuntala Rao, State University of New York, USA Prasun Sonwalkar, India Stephen J. A. Ward, Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), Canada Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa Lee Wilkins, Wayne State University, USA

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