Media Ethics and Justice in the Age of Globalization

This book brings together a range of perspectives from around the globe to address questions of media ethics and justice both in local contexts and in a transnational, global environment. A common denominator running through such disparate investigations of theories and practices of media ethics and justice in democracies as diverse as India, South Africa, Pakistan, and the United States, is how specific media practices relate to the global. There is general acknowledgement that similarities between ethical systems have to emerge in local contexts, rather than the other way around. In presentation of case studies and philosophical debates, the concept of justice in media ethics is illuminated from various angles. A common theme in these essays is the acknowledgement that ethics and justice are central to the evolution of a democratic public sphere saturated with media images and narratives.

Shakuntala Rao is Chair and Professor at the Department of Communication Studies, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, USA. Rao's research and teaching interests are media ethics, globalization, and popular culture. She is also the co-editor of the anthology, Explorations in Global Media Ethics (with M. Ayish, 2012).

Herman Wasserman is Professor and Head of the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has published widely on media in post-apartheid South Africa, including the monograph Tabloid Journalism in South Africa: True Story! (2010) and edited collections, Media Ethics Beyond Borders: A Global Perspective (with S.J.A. Ward, 2010), Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa (Internationalizing Media Studies) (2010), and Press Freedom in Africa: Comparative Perspectives (2014). He edits the journal, African Journalism Studies.