Overview I SECTION I CONCERNS 1.Intercultural Dimensions in Global Media Ethics3 Nirmala Rao Khadpekar 2.Global Journalism Ethics 11 Stephen J A Ward 3.Truth and the Media 19 Catherine Dean 4.Monitoring the Performance of the Media for Democracy - Subjects, Formats, Methods and Failures32 ]osef Trappel 5.Media and Democracy: False Convergences 46 Francisco C P Fonseca 6.Democracy and the Media - Presentation to the Democracy Commission 69 Patrick Kinsella 7.Is Media Performance Democracy's Critical Issue? 84 Tom Stites 8.The Role of Media in Portraying Events: Legal, Ethical and Theological Perspectives on Media and Communication 100 Mogens S Mogensen 9.Media in India 109 N Ananth Padrnanabha SECTION II CHALLENGES 10.Delegating Trust: An Argument for an 'Ingredients Label' for News Products 125 Mark Schneider 11.Media Sexed Up 132 Prakash Singh 12.Media Stereotyping: Reporting War and Terrorism 139 Mohd Rajib Ghani and Faridah Ibrahim 13.Peace Journalism as a Normative Theory: Premises and Obstacles 157 Suleyman Irvan 14.Journalism and Combating Intolerance: Those Cartoons and a Challenge to Free Expression and Quality Media 167 Aidan White 15.Cellphone Journalists: A Growing Trend and its Challenges 175 Anthony Moretti 16.Plagiarism and Precedence 187 Edward Wasserman 17.A Long Walk with Guevara and Chomsky: Analysing the Role of Media 198 Utpal Kumar SECTION III EXPERIENCES 18.Ethical Aspects on Minority Reporting 209 Gordana Vilovic 19.Good and Reliable Watchdogs of Democracy? -Ethics and Journalism: Case Studies from Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic 218 Angelika W Wyka 20. The Role of the Mass Media through a Peace Media Lens 229 Sandra Pmeda de Forsberg 21. Testing Time for Dhaka's Media 238 Asif Saleh 22. The Times of India's Final Frontier 245 Sukumar Muraltdharan Index 255