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- Next-Generation Ethics
- Next-Generation Ethics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Next-Generation Ethics
- 2 Ethical Distinctions for Building Your Ethical Code
- Part I Technology
- Part II Business Enterprises
- Part III Engineering
- Part IV Society
- 21 Topics in Next-Generation Ethics
- 22 Techno Innovations: The Role of Ethical Standards, Law and Regulation, and the Public Interest
- 23 Evolutionary Ethics: A Potentially Helpful Framework in Engineering a Better Society
- 24 Topics in Next-Generation Medical Ethics
- 25 Next-Generation Ethical Development of Medical Devices
- 26 Looking Back to Go Forward: The Ethics of Journalism in a Social Media Age
- 27 Social Media Ethics 2.0
- 28 Artificial Intelligence, People, and Society
- 29 Ethics in Cyberspace: Freedom, Rights, and Cybersecurity
- 30 Next-Generation Religion and Ethics
- Index
- References
26 - Looking Back to Go Forward: The Ethics of Journalism in a Social Media Age
from Part IV - Society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 October 2019
- Next-Generation Ethics
- Next-Generation Ethics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgment
- 1 Next-Generation Ethics
- 2 Ethical Distinctions for Building Your Ethical Code
- Part I Technology
- Part II Business Enterprises
- Part III Engineering
- Part IV Society
- 21 Topics in Next-Generation Ethics
- 22 Techno Innovations: The Role of Ethical Standards, Law and Regulation, and the Public Interest
- 23 Evolutionary Ethics: A Potentially Helpful Framework in Engineering a Better Society
- 24 Topics in Next-Generation Medical Ethics
- 25 Next-Generation Ethical Development of Medical Devices
- 26 Looking Back to Go Forward: The Ethics of Journalism in a Social Media Age
- 27 Social Media Ethics 2.0
- 28 Artificial Intelligence, People, and Society
- 29 Ethics in Cyberspace: Freedom, Rights, and Cybersecurity
- 30 Next-Generation Religion and Ethics
- Index
- References
Summary
In recent times, both journalism and who is defined as a journalist have undergone significant change. With the growth of the internet, and the subsequent ability of anyone with a smartphone camera and a web connection to publish, the business model of journalism that had remained stable for decades has been declared broken and the public service model of journalism under threat. Meanwhile, a US president communicates via Twitter; Facebook Live spreads news while the mainstream media scramble to keep up.
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- Next-Generation EthicsEngineering a Better Society, pp. 411 - 425Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019