Mass Media And The Moral Imagination

Peter Rossi and Paul Soukup, Eds., Sheed and Ward, 1994

Contents

Preface 

Part I: The Context of the Mass Media and Moral Reflection 

Introduction

Section 1: Mass Media as a Site for Moral Reflection 

  1. The Expressive Face of Culture: Mass Media and the Shape of the Human Moral Environment (1), Gregor Goethals 

  2. The Expressive Face of Culture: Mass Media and the Shape of the Human Moral Environment (2), Michael Real

  3. The Democratization of Moral Judgment: Moral Leadership and Moral Symbols in Public Culture, William M. Sullivan

  4. Power, Truth, and the Flow of Information, Thomas E. Shanks

  5. The Life of the Spirit in a Mass-mediated Culture, Günter Virt

Section 2: The Development of Moral Reasoning as Situated in the Mass Media 

  1. The Formation of Moral Life in a Mass-mediated Culture, Paul J. Philibert, O.P.

  2. Matching the Inner World with Outer Reality: Moral Development Domains and the Role of the Media, Michael J. Garanzini, S.J. 

Part II: Moral Dimensions of Public Life

Introduction

  1. Television Images of Work and the Moral Imagination: Theological Interpretations, Lois K. Daly

  2. Beyond Necessity: Toward the Ethics of Entertainment, David Eley, S.J.

  3. Celebration, Consumption, and the Television Media, Joan S. Timm and Henry C. Timm 

  4. Gender in the Media: Notes on Profit and Ownership Contraction, Christine E. Gudorf

  5. Teaching Values: The Shifting Roles of Women and the Media, James A. Capo

  6. “And a Third of the Water Turned Bitter”, Chernobyl, Truth, Media Technology, and the Flow of Information, Janusz Balicki and Wolfgang Wunden

  7. Towards a Solution to the Conflict Created by Mass Media, Ivan Fŭcek, S.J. 

  8. The Church as Moral Communicator, Paul A. Soukup, S.J.

Part III: Using the Media for Moral Development 

Introduction

  1. Possibilities of Audiovisual Narrative for Moral Formation, Henk Hoekstra, O. Carm., and Marjeet Verbeek

  2. Formation of Moral Life in a Mass-mediated Culture, Elizabeth Willems, S.S.N.D.

  3. Mass Media and the Enlargement of Moral Sensibility, Myrna Reid Grant

  4. Mass Media and the Enlargement of Moral Sensibility: Insights from Theology and Literary History, Anne E. Patrick

Part IV: Philosophical and Theological Reflections: The Importance of Moral Imagining

Introduction

  1. Moral Imagination and the Media: Whose “World” Do We See, Whose “World” Shall It Be?, Philip J. Rossi, S.J.

  2. Solidarity and Human Development: Theological Reflections on Power, Truth, and the Flow of Information, James R. Pollock, S.J.

  3. Moral Theology as Communication, Enda McDonagh 

Index 

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