Media Corruption in the Age of Information

This book provides an applied model of corruption to identify, analyze, and assess the ethics of media corruption, including cash-for-comment, media release journalism, fake news, deep fakes, and staged news. It explains how the conversion of corporate and social digital communication exposes and enables the reporting of corruption, signaling a major shift in the way the media can provide an effective means for anti-corruption measures.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 05 February 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book offers an applied model of corruption to meticulously identify, analyze, and evaluate the ethical implications of various forms of media corruption, encompassing practices such as cash-for-comment, media release journalism, including video news releases (VNRs), fake news, deep fakes, and staged news. The book commences with a philosophical exploration of corruption in its broader context, followed by a thorough examination of media corruption across its diverse manifestations, spanning from the legacy media of the 4th Estate (e.g., The UK Guardian) to the digital media of the 5th Estate (e.g., Social Media and Wikileaks) to the Network Media of the 6th Estate (e.g., Facebook and Google). Throughout, key case studies are presented as practical illustrations and contextualization of these major types of media corruption. By delving into the symbiotic relationship between the 4th Estate and the 5th Estate, the book elucidates how the conversion of corporate and social digital communication, as expressed in this partnership, exposes and empowers the reporting of corruption, heralding a significant shift in the media's ability to serve as a powerful tool for combating major corruption practices that would have otherwise remained unnoticed.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030616113
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021