Compassion, Morality and the Media
"Most of us have watched television or read newspapers and been moved to compassion by the suffering and misery that we see. We know that many people suffer thanks to war, famine or environmental catastrophe. But what do the reports and representations of the suffering and misery of others actually mean to media users? Compassion, Morality and the Media seeks to answer this question and offers an engaging narrative through which it becomes possible to think about the role of journalists as...
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In this timely analysis, Tester (social and historical studies, U. of Portsmith) compares the views of social thinkers and journalists to provide parameters for examining compassion fatigue, whereby people get habituated to dreadful events or suffering through repeated exposure. He contrasts "bystander's journalism" with the "journalism of attachment,"and considers ways in which media may move or manipulate the audience to either moral action such as giving to relief agencies or to "naturalization" of events. Glossary terms appear in bold in the text. Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Series Editor's ForewordIntroduction11Parameters for a Debate42Compassion Fatigue and the Ethics of the Journalistic Field133The Compassion of the Audience434Lifting the Lid on Compassion745Telethons, Investment and Gifts104Conclusion132Glossary136References140Index145
