[Commlist] new book: The Ethics of Photojournalism in the Digital Age

Book Announcement

*The Ethics of Photojournalism in the Digital Era

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By Miguel F. Santos Silva (Ramon Llull University) and

Scott A. Eldridge II (University of Groningen)

London/New York: Routledge, 2020. ISBN 978-1-13-858630-7

*About the Book*


Delving into the complexities of contemporary reportage, this book draws 
from moral philosophy and histories of photojournalism to understand the 
emergence of this distinct practice and discuss its evolution in a 
digital era.

In arguing that the digitization of photography obliges us to radically 
challenge some of the traditional conceptions of press photography, this 
book addresses the historic opposition between artistic and journalistic 
photographs, showing and challenging how this has subtly inspired 
support for a forensic approach to photojournalism ethics. The book 
situates this debate within questions of relativism over what is 
‘moral’, and normative debates over what is ‘journalistic’, alongside 
technical debates as to what is ‘possible’, to underpin a discussion of 
photojournalism as an ethical, moral, and societally important 
journalistic practice. Including detailed comparative analyses of codes 
of ethics, examination of controversial cases, and a study of 
photojournalism ethics as applied in different newsrooms, the book 
examines how ethical principles are applied by the global news media and 
explores the potential for constructive dialogue between different 
voices interested in pursuing the best version of photojournalism.

A targeted, comprehensive and engaging book, this is a valuable resource 
for academics, researchers and students of photojournalism, as well as 
philosophy, communications and media studies more broadly.

*Table of Contents: *

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: General Ethics and Applied Ethics

Chapter 3: Journalism Ethics and Photojournalism Ethics

Chapter 4: Origins of Photojournalism Ethics

Chapter 5: Digital Era and Analogue Conventions

Chapter 6: Phenomenology and the Representation of the Other

Chapter 7: The Distant Other

Chapter 8: Improper Distance: The "Refugee Crisis" presented by two 
newsrooms

Chapter 9: Conclusions: Going forward, ethically


For more details please visit:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Ethics-of-Photojournalism-in-the-Digital-Age-1st-Edition/Santos-Silva-Eldridge-II/p/book/9781138586307



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