Audiences and ethics in times of crises

Kyriakidou, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-5961 2024. Audiences and ethics in times of crises. Rothenberg, Liane, Löffelholz, Martin and Weaver, David H., eds. The Palgrave Handbook of Cross-Border Journalism, London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 349-362. (10.1007/978-3-031-23023-3_22)

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Abstract

What are audiences supposed to feel in relation to the reporting of global crises? How are they supposed to act in response to it? These are the ethical questions posed by the media coverage of crises addressed in this chapter. These questions are underlined by two normative assumptions. The first has to do with the assumption that cosmopolitan empathy is the outcome of news of disasters. The second has to do with the expectation of a global public that will act to alleviate the suffering witnessed. The chapter argues that these assumptions are interlinked but not necessarily overlapping. After considering the ethical questions posed by the reporting of contemporary global crises, the chapter reflects on future directions of research on the audiences of cross-border journalism.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:	9783031230226
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2024 13:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/166181

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