Media ethics : obedience to the unenforceable / Venkat Iyer -- Media ethics : the core issue of moral choice / Cees Hamelink -- Media ethics in Asia : between relativity and absolutism / John Merrill -- Media ethics in Japan : need for tougher controls / John Middleton -- The ethics failings of a democratic press : the Philippine case / Chay Florentino-Hofileña -- Media ethics in Malaysia : a case of language objectivity / Faridah Ibrahim -- Media ethics in Singapore : pushing self regulation in a tightly controlled media environment / Ang Peng Hwa -- Media ethics in India : where voluntary and statutory regulation co-exist / S. Venkat Narayan -- Media ethics in India : from Gandhi to Tehelka / K.M. Shrivastava -- Media ethics in Pakistan : meeting new challenges / Ijaz Shafi Gilani -- Promoting ethical standards : perspectives from press councils / Reva Khetrapal -- Recommendations from the AMIC Seminar on media ethics Kuala Lumpur, 11-13 September 2000 -- List of contributors -- Index
Summary
This book addresses the range of debate and perspectives on issues of media ethics in the region, from the problems faced by journalists to public credibility of media institutions. Whilst debate in these areas is not new, with the rapidly changing media scene it has certainly gained in intensity
Notes
The book grew out of a seminar of the same name organized by AMIC and supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) in Kuala Lumpur in 2000