Concerns about the role and responsibilities of the media have become an increasingly important part of public debate. Media Ethics brings together philosophers, academics and media professionals to debate pressing ethical and moral issues.

Chapter 1 Journalism and ethics, Andrew Belsey; Chapter 2 The journalism of attachment, Martin Bell; Chapter 3 Objectivity, impartiality and good journalism, Matthew Kieran; Chapter 4 The problem of humbug, Mary Midgley; Chapter 5 Journalism, politics and public relations, Brian McNair; Chapter 6 The myth of Saddam Hussein, Richard Keeble; Chapter 7 Privacy, the public interest and a prurient public, David Archard; Chapter 8 Beyond Calcutt, Ian Cram; Chapter 9 Taming the tabloids, Bob Franklin, Rod Pilling; Chapter 10 Ethical photojournalism in the age of the electronic darkroom, Nigel Warburton; Chapter 11 Is the medium a (moral) message?, Noël Carroll; Chapter 12 Sex and violence in fact and fiction, Gordon Graham; Chapter 13 Censorship and the media, Anthony Ellis;