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Global media ethics examines how universal principles and local contexts shape journalistic practices across diverse societies, highlighting persistent challenges such as cultural relativism, funding pressures, and the need for contextualized ethical frameworks. The study seeks to interrogate the theoretical foundations of global media ethics, questioning whether a universal ethical framework can be established. The article is indexed under Stephen J.
Notes on Contributors ix Introduction: Media Ethics as Global 1 Stephen J. A. Ward Part I Media Ethics Worldwide 11 1 Why Media Ethics Still Matters 13 Nick Couldry 2 Universals and Differences in Global Journalism Ethics 30 Thomas Hanitzsch, Patrick Lee Plaisance, and Elizabeth A. Skewes 3 The Role of the Journalist in Reporting International Conflicts 50 Howard Tumber 4 Global Journalism Networks: Funding and Ethical Hurdles 69 Brant Houston Part II Media and Diverse Public Spheres 87 5 Contextual Ethics and Arab Mass Media 89 Ralph D. Berenger and Mustafa Taha 6 From Journalism Ethics to an Ethics of Citizenship: Evidence from Colombia 110 Hernando Rojas and Tim Macafee 7 Media Ethics in a New Democracy: South African Perspectives on Freedom, Dignity, and Citizenship 126 Herman Wasserman 8 Democratization by Boilerplate: National Media, International Norms, and Sovereign Nation Building in Postwar Liberia 146 Jo Ellen Fair Part III Global Issues 169 9 The Role of Global Media in Telling the Climate Change Story 171 Sharon Dunwoody and Magda Konieczna 10 Ethics of Global Disaster Reporting: Journalistic Witnessing and Objectivity 191 Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Mervi Pantti 11 Affective Expertise: The Journalism Ethics of Celebrity Sourcing 214 Katherine M. Bell 12 Global Media Ethics, Justice, and Indian Journalism 235 Shakuntala Rao Part IV Theoretical Foundations 251 13 Global Media Ethics? Issues, Requirements, Challenges, Resolutions 253 Charles M. Ess 14 Global Ethics and the Problem of Relativism 272 Clifford G. Christians 15 254 Charles M. Ess 15 Global Media Ethics: Utopian or Realistic? 295 Stephen J. A. Ward Index 315