Living media ethics: across platforms

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Overview: Ethics Across Platforms -- Aspire to Live Media Ethics -- Ethics Are Not in the Cloud -- Emphasize Motives over Medium -- Make Platforms Truthful Again -- Commit to Truth Now, Not Later -- Know Standards Across Media -- Moral Literacy Enhances Credibility -- Personal and Communal Journal Exercises-"Media Literacy: Motive vs. Motivation -- PART I Building Your Ethical Base -- CHAPTER 2 Influence: Who Shaped Your Values? -- Develop Ethical Values -- Shortcuts Compromise Ethics -- Ethics Can Be Taught -- Revisit "Family Values -- Learn a Few Philosophical Tenets -- Know Right From Wrong -- Remember Who Molded Your Morals -- History Matters More Than You Think -- Language Shapes Perception, Too -- Sharpen Insight and Attain Balance -- Personal and Communal Journal Exercises- "Deprogramming Your Influences -- CHAPTER 3 Responsibility: Take or Forsake It -- Right and Wrong Differ from Good and Bad -- Justification" is Just an Excuse -- Be Accountable for Behavior -- Accountability Means Having to Say You're Sorry -- Seek Role Models and Mentors -- Recognize Responsibilities -- Responsibility Creates Trust -- Some Things Are Almost Always True -- Personal and Communal Journal Exercises-"What Are Your Moral Absolutes? -- CHAPTER 4 Truth: Levels, Shades and Hues -- Be a Font of Truth -- Objectivity is a Process -- Truth is Subject to Proof -- Truth Should Be Transparent -- Make Appropriate Disclosures -- Exercise Good Judgment -- Satire is Truth Everyone Knows but Won't Admit -- Truth Can Be Mythic, Too -- Personal and Communal Journal Exercises-"Your Highs, Lows and Turning Points -- PART II Testing Your Ethical Base -- CHAPTER 5 Falsehood: Lie at Your Own Risk -- Lies Undermine Trust