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Journal articles

Chapter 1: Relating Media Ethics to Media Studies

Luckhurst, T. and Phippen, L. (2014) ‘Good behaviour can be taught’, British Journalism Review, 25: 56–61.

Chapter 2: Foundations: Methods in Media Ethics

Morrison, David E. and Svennevig, Michael (2007) ‘The defence of public interest and the intrusion of privacy’, Journalism, 8: 44–65.

Chapter 3: Truth, Representation and Narrative

Gaber, I. (2012) ‘Rupert and the ‘three card trope’ – what you see ain’t necessarily what you get’, Media, Culture and Society, 34(5): 637–646.

Chapter 4: Solidarity, Sympathy and Neutrality

Dimbleby, J. (2013) ‘On freedom of expression’, Index on Censorship, 42: 142–144.

Chapter 5: Valuing Images: Morality in Pictures

Maltby, S. (2014) ‘Broadcasting graphic war violence: the moral face of Channel 4’, Journalism, 15(3): 289–306.

Chapter 6: Liberty and Censorship: Politics, Religion and Sex

Hasinoff, A.A. (2013) ‘Sexting as media production: rethinking social media and sexuality’, New Media and Society, 15(4): 449–465.

Chapter 7: Morality, Taste and Violence

Blaagard, B.B. (2013) ‘Shifting boundaries: objectivity, citizen journalism and tomorrow’s journalists’, Journalism [Online], 3 February. http://jou.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/01/15/1464884912469081 (accessed: 13 February 2013).

Chapter 8: Regulating Media Content

Kapidzic, S. and Herring, S.C. (2014) ‘Race, gender and self-representation in teen profile photographs’, New Media Society [Online], 27 January. http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/01/24/1461444813520301 (accessed: 26 January 2014).

Chapter 9: Rights and Persons: the Boundaries of Privacy

Bissell, K. and Parrott, S. (2013) ‘Prejudice: the role of the media in the develop­ment of social bias’, Journalism & Communication Monographs, 15(4): 219–270.

Chapter 10: Media Institutions: Morality and Markets

Cohen-Almagor, R. (2014) ‘After Leveson: Recommendations for instituting the Public and Press Council’, The International Journal of Press/Politics, 19(2): 202–225.

Chapter 11: Professionalism and Codes of Practice

Heemsbergen, Luke J. (2014) ‘Designing hues of transparency and democracy after WikiLeaks: vigilance to vigilantes and back again’, New Media & Society [Online], 24 February, http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/21/1461444814524323 (accessed: 23 April 2014).

Chapter 12: The New Media Landscape: Digital Media Ethics

Dijck, J. Van and Poell, T. (2014) ‘Making public television social? Public service broadcasting and the challenges of social media’, Television and New Media [Online], 21 March.

Pihl-Thingvad, S. (2014) ‘Professional ideals and daily practice in journalism’, Journalism [Online], 5 February: 1–20. http://jou.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/04/1464884913517658 (accessed: 18 February 2014).

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