Objectively Engaged Journalism: An Ethic Volume 78 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780228001881)

A timely call for a new ethic of journalism engagement for today's troubled media sphere, Objectively Engaged Journalism argues that media should be neither neutral nor partisan but engaged in protecting egalitarian democracy. It shows how journalists, professional or citizen, can be both objective in method and dedicated to improving a global public sphere toxic with disinformation, fake news, and extremism.Drawing from history, ethics, and current media issues, Stephen Ward rejects the ideals of neutrality and "just the facts" objectivity, showing how they are based on invalid dualistic thinking with deep roots in Western culture. He presents a theory of pragmatic objectivity and applies it to journalism. Journalism's role in interpreting culture, he argues, needs a form of objectivity that embraces human strengths and limitations.Defining responsible journalism as situated, imperfect inquiry, Objectively Engaged Journalism is one of the first systematic studies of the ethical foundations of engaged journalism for a media that is increasingly perspectival and embedded in society.

Author: Stephen J. a. Ward
ISBN-10: 0228001889
ISBN-13: 9780228001881
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2020
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2021