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ContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: An Introduction to Ethical Decision MakingEssay: Cases and Moral SystemsCase 1-A How to Read a Case StudyChapter 2: Information Ethics: A Profession Seeks the TruthChapter 2 Cases:Case 2-A: News and the Transparency Standard, Lee WilkinsCase 2-B: Can I Quote Me on That?, Chad PainterCase 2-C: NPR, the New York Times and Working Conditions in China, Lee Wilkins Case 2-D: When is Objective Reporting Irresponsible Reporting?, Theodore Glasser Case 2-E: Is Cooperation a Cop-Out?, Mike Grundmann and Roger Soenksen Case 2-F, Murdoch’s Mess, Lee Wilkins Chapter 3: Strategic Communication: Does Client Advocate Mean Consumer Adversary? Chapter 3 Cases:Case 3-A: A Charity Drops the Ball, Philip Patterson Case 3-B: YELP!!! Customer Empowerment or Small Business Extortion?, Lee Wilkins Case 3-C: Oregon Stops an Ad Campaign, Lee Wilkins Case 3-D: Sponsorships, Sin and PR: What Are the Boundaries?, Lauren Bacon Brengarth Case 3-E: Corporate Responsibility: Just Sales or Doing Well by Doing Good?, Christine LesickoCase 3-F: Was That an Apple Computer I Saw? Product Placement in the U.S. and Abroad, Philip PattersonCase 3-G: In the Eye of the Beholder: Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty, Brandi Herman-RoseChapter 4: Loyalty: Choosing Between Competing AllegiancesChapter 4 Cases:Case 4-A: Whose Facebook Page is It Anyway?, Amy SimonsCase 4-B: What Would Socrates Have Done? The Disappearance of Hillary Clinton, Lee Wilkins Case 4-C: Twitter Ethics for Journalists: Can You Scoop Yourself?, Charlotte Bellis Case 4-D: Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Reporting and Relationships in a Small Market, Ginny WhitehouseCase 4-E: A Question of Role: Is a Documentary Filmmaker a Friend, a Journalist or an Entertainer?, Nancy MitchellCase 4-F: Conflicted Interests, Contested Terrain: The New York Times Code of Ethics, Bonnie BrennenCase 4-G: Quit, Blow the Whistle or Go With the Flow?, Robert WakefieldChapter 5: Privacy: Looking for Solitude in the Global VillageChapter 5 Cases:Case 5-A: Anderson Cooper’s Not so Private Life, Lee WilkinsCase 5-B: Facebook: Should You Opt In or Out?, Lee WilkinsCase 5-C: Politics and Money: What’s Private and What’s Not, Lee WilkinsCase 5-D: Children and Framing: The Use of Children’s Images in an Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Ad, Yang LiuChapter 6: Mass Media in a Democratic Society: Keeping a PromiseChapter 6 Cases:Case 6-A: The Truth About the Facts: Politifact.com, Lee WilkinsCase 6-B: Wikileaks…, Lee WilkinsCase 6-C: Control Room: Do Culture and History Matter in Reporting the News?, Lee WilkinsCase 6-D: Victims and the Press, Robert LoganCase 6-E: For God and Country: The Media and National Security, Jeremy Littau and Mark SlagleCase 6-F: Channel One: Commercialism in Schools, Philip PattersonCase 6-G: Mayor Jim West’s Computer, Ginny WhitehouseChapter 7: Media Economics: The Deadline Meets the Bottom LineChapter 7 Cases:Case 7-A: Who Needs Advertising, Lee WilkinsCase 7-B: Netflix: Not So Fast . . . A Response to Ongoing Furor, Lee WilkinsCase 7-C: Outsourcing the News, Lee WilkinsCase 7-D: Transparency in Fundraising: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Standard, Lee WilkinsCase 7-E: Crossing the Line? The L.A. Times and the Staples Affair, Philip PattersonCase 7-F: Profit Versus News: The Case of the L.A. Times and the Tribune Company, Lee WilkinsChapter 8: Picture This: The Ethics of Photo and Video JournalismChapter 8 Cases:Case 8-A: The Case of the Well-Documented Suicide., Philip PattersonCase 8-B: What Do I Do Next?, Lee WilkinsCase 8-C: Problem Photos and Public Outcry, Jon RoosenraadCase 8-D: Manipulating Photos: Is it Ever Justified?, Lee WilkinsCase 8-E: “Above the Fold”: Balancing Newsworthy Photos with Community Standards, Jim Godbold and Janelle HartmanCase 8-F: Horror in Soweto, Sue O’Brien*Case 8-G: Death in Print: Publication of Hurricane Katrina Photographs, Abigail M. PheifferCase 8-H: Picturing Our Fallen Heroes, Kate WestCase 8-I: Digital Manipulation as Deceit? A Case Study of a Redbook Magazine Cover, Elizabeth HendricksonChapter 9: New Media: Continuing Questions and New RolesChapter 9 Cases:Case 9-A: News Now, Facts Later, Lee WilkinsCase 9-B: What’s Yours is Mine: The Ethics of News Aggregation, Chad PainterCase 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 McGillCase 9-E: Born Just Right, Lee WilkinsCase 9-F: Sending the Wrong Information About Doing the Right Thing, Naomi WeisbrookCase 9-G: Looking for Truth Behind the Wal-Mart Blogs, Philip PattersonChapter 10: The Ethical Dimensions of Art and EntertainmentChapter 10 Cases:Case 10-A: Searching for Sugarman: Rediscovered Art, Lee WilkinsCase 10-B: Bob Costas and Jerry Sandusky: Is Sports Entertainment or Journalism?, Lee WilkinsCase 10-C: Hardly Art, Mito Habe-EvansCase 10-D: “Schindler’s List”: The Role of Memory, Lee WilkinsCase 10-E: Hate Radio: The Outer Limits of Tasteful Broadcasting, Brian SimmonsCase 10-F: Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise: Do Celebrities Have Privacy?, Lee WilkinsCase 10-G: Blogged Down by Lies: The Fall of a Young Talent, Philip PattersonChapter 11: Becoming a Moral AdultBibliographyIndex