Compassion, Morality, and the MediaOpen University, 2001 - 152 pages * Why do the reports and representations of suffering and misery move us? * What are we likely to do about it and why? * Why do people take part in telethon appeals? Most of us have watched television or read newspapers and been moved to compassion by the suffering and misery that we see. We know that many people suffer thanks to war, famine or environmental catastrophe. But what do the reports and representations of the suffering and misery of others actually mean to media users? Compassion, Morality and the Media seeks to answer this question and offers an engaging narrative through which it becomes possible to think about the role of journalists as moral agents. The author explores the tensions between the intentions of journalists, the horizons of the audience and the priorities of media institutions. This is a book which deals with important issues that have been relatively neglected in the academic study of the media. It is accessible and relevant and opens up a new terrain for research and teaching on the media as a moral force. Students taking undergraduate courses on the media and others with a wider interest in media morality will find it to be compelling reading. |
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... problem in a variety of ways . There is no monolithic cause or pattern to compassion fatigue . It varies . It is in this context that Kinnick et al . report that , ' for those who are initially disinter- ested or biased against victims ...
... problem in a variety of ways . There is no monolithic cause or pattern to compassion fatigue . It varies . It is in this context that Kinnick et al . report that , ' for those who are initially disinter- ested or biased against victims ...
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... problem can be communicated entirely through words would have served to imply that there is no human relationship between the recipient of the appeal and its ostensible subject . Indeed , the detachment would be so great that any kind ...
... problem can be communicated entirely through words would have served to imply that there is no human relationship between the recipient of the appeal and its ostensible subject . Indeed , the detachment would be so great that any kind ...
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... problems of the world . The audience will feel that ' something ought to be done ' only if it is aware that there is a pressing problem in the first place . And some commentators are sceptical about whether the audi- ence is , in fact ...
... problems of the world . The audience will feel that ' something ought to be done ' only if it is aware that there is a pressing problem in the first place . And some commentators are sceptical about whether the audi- ence is , in fact ...
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COMPASSION FATIGUE AND THE ETHICS OF THE JOURNALISTIC FIELD | 13 |
THE COMPASSION OF THE AUDIENCE | 43 |
LIFTING THE LID ON COMPASSION | 74 |
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