[Commlist] New Book: Global Pandemics and Media Ethics: Issues and Perspectives

New book: *Global Pandemics and Media Ethics: Issues and Perspectives*//

Edited by

*Tendai Chari & Martin N. Ndlela*

*https://www.routledge.com/Global-Pandemics-and-Media-Ethics-Issues-and-Perspectives/Chari-Ndlela/p/book/9781032306124#:~:text=Tendai%20Chari%2C%20Martin%20N.%20Ndlela* 
<https://www.routledge.com/Global-Pandemics-and-Media-Ethics-Issues-and-Perspectives/Chari-Ndlela/p/book/9781032306124#:~:text=Tendai%20Chari%2C%20Martin%20N.%20Ndlela>**

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*Book Description*

This topical volume illuminates ethical issues brought to the fore by 
the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on a broad range of case studies from 
different regions, it provides insights into the multiple and complex 
ways in which the pandemic has shaped media ethics.

The chapters employ a wide range of innovative theoretical and 
methodological approaches to dissect enduring and emerging ethical 
questions during the pandemic, providing lucid accounts of axiological 
dimensions in pandemic discourses, ethics of emotional mood, ethical 
challenges and dilemmas in news reporting, propaganda, misinformation, 
disinformation and Othering. While the case studies in this book are 
unique, the authors have extrapolated common strands from their analysis 
of ethical issues applicable to any other country or region during the 
pandemic, contributing unique perspectives on how media ethics are 
circumscribed by global health pandemics.

The book will appeal to researchers, academics and practitioners at all 
levels in the fields of media studies, journalism, communication, media 
sociology and public health, as well as general readers and policymakers 
who are keen to learn more about how global health crises illuminate 
critical ethical issues confronting the media.

Table of Contents

PART I: OVERVIEW: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

Chapter 1. Introduction: Rethinking Media Ethics During Health Pandemics

Martin N. *Ndlela and Tendai Chari*

Chapter 2. Axiological Dimensions in COVID-19 Pandemic Discourses. A 
comparative analysis of Germany, France and Romania

*Simona Rodat***

Chapter 3. Emotional Mood and Its Ethics in Crisis Communication

*Lasmane Skaidrite***

PART II: ETHICAL CHALLENGES

Chapter 4. Ethical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences 
of Journalists in Zimbabwe

*Lungile Augustine Tshuma, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu and Bhekizulu Bethaphi Tshuma*

Chapter 5. The Virus of ‘Blame’: How Television News Transposed 
Islamophobia onto the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

*Arif Hussain Nadaf***

Chapter 6. Professional, Ethical Conflict or a Power Grab? The Case 
Study of Index during the 2020 COVID–19 Pandemic

*Matyas Mate***

Chapter 7. COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and their implications on 
journalism ethics in South Africa and Zimbabwe

*Tendai Chari and Khutso Mabokela//*

PART III: INFODEMICS

Chapter 8. COVID-19, the Global Pandemic and Japanese Media: Limitations 
of Agenda Setting by Mass Media and Misinformation in Social Media

*Muneo Kaigo//and//Yuka Omoya//*

Chapter 9. COVID-19 disinfodemic and journalism ethics in South Africa’s 
mainstream news media ecosystem

*Millie Phiri/, /Allen Munoriyarwa//and//Collen Chambwera//*

Chapter 10. Why we should overcome the "infodemic" account

*Thales Vilela Lelo*

Chapter 11. Information, state of alert and propaganda in Spain: Use of 
social media by Andalusian political parties during the COVID-19 pandemic

*Antonio Pineda*, *Víctor Hernández-Santaolalla*, *Ana I. Barragán 
Romero and **Elena Bellido-Pérez*

*Editors*

*Biography*

*Tendai Chari*is a senior lecturer in media studies at the University of 
Venda, South Africa.

*Martin N. Ndlela*is a professor of media and communication at Inland 
Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway.

*Reviews*

This stunning book is a world-class anthology on personal responsibility 
and the collective good. Communication studies as a whole and media 
ethics specifically need a major transformation into the international. 
/Global Pandemics and Media Ethics /demonstrates decisively how 
world-level scholarship ought to be done. Instead of working parochially 
from the West to the world, every chapter is an authority on countries 
and regions from five continents. The research methodology in all three 
sections without exception is comprehensive and absolutely suited to the 
issues, with especially keen insight into the impact of digital 
technology. The book's thesis is innovative in contending that pandemic 
crises illuminate the crucial challenges for media ethics in 
cross-cultural and global terms. The recommendations in every chapter 
for ethical theory, for truth in journalism education and practice, and 
for public policy give this compelling book enduring significance. 
-*/Clifford Christians, Research Professor of Communications Emeritus, 
University of Illinois USA/*

Global Pandemics and Media Ethics: Issues and Perspectives is an 
important book in view of continuing debates around the Fourth Estate’s 
responsibility to report truthfully, credibly, and without bias; 
important factors that help shape public opinion. The volume fulfills an 
important function as it seeks to scrutinize the media’s role in the 
social and political polarization the world has seen during the Covid-19 
pandemic while offering ways to counter these negative effects. The 
volume raises important questions regarding ethical issues and dilemmas 
the media encounters within an ever-changing and evolving press 
landscape. -*/Maha Bashri, Associate Professor, Department of Media and 
Creative Industries, United Arab Emirates University, UAE./*

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