From impartial objectivity to responsible affectivity : some ethical implications of the 9/11 attacks on America and the war on terror

Lelia Green; Steven Maras

From impartial objectivity to responsible affectivity : some ethical implications of the 9/11 attacks on America and the war on terror

Lelia Green, Steven Maras

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In this paper we trace some of the ways a responsibility to affect might be thought of in the wake of the events of 9/11, and examine what it might mean to shift the orientation of journalistic ethics away from an ethics based on objectivity to an ethics of affectivity.

Original language	English
Number of pages	14
Journal	Australian journal of communication
Publication status	Published - 2002

Keywords

September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001
psychological aspects
mass media
journalism
United States
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

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From impartial objectivity to responsible affectivity : some ethical implications of the 9/11 attacks on America and the war on terror

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