Should Journalists Create a Profession? For more than 50 years, media ethics professor John C. Merrill has been championing and criticizing the libertarian model of the press. In Media, Mission and Morality, he addresses a number of moral and theoretical issues, including the increasingly popular anti-libertarian views of postmodernists, communi-tarians and critical theorists. Their relativist, collectivist and subjectivist criticisms have many strengths, Merrill notes, but they also harbor the threat of censorship as well as centralized control of mass media. To stave off such threats, Merrill says journalists need to do more than embrace ethics — they need to formalize their profession. “Numerous problems, of course, face such action. ... But making journalism a profession would, I think, result in higher and more consistent quality ... .” One need not embrace Merrill’s ideas to appreciate the contribution this essay makes to the literature.

Media, Mission and Morality: A Scholarly Milestone Essay in Mass Communication (Scholarly Milestone Essays in Mass Communication)

Politics & Social Sciences

JOHN MERRILL

Philosophy

Marquette Books

Derbyshire Pilgrimage's (Pilgrim Way Series)

The John Merrill Foundation

Biology: How Life Works

Jean Heitz

James, Morris

Daniel Hartl

Andrew Knoll

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Robert Lue

Melissa Michael

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ANCIENT ISRAEL From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple

Biblical Archaeology Society

Millions of visitors to Israel visit the looming and isolated ruins of Masada to contemplate the spirit of the martyrs who died there in 73 A.D. in defense of their beliefs. These "Zealots" are famous for their final moments, but until now the beginning of their story has not been told. In Sons of Light, John Merrill vividly recreates real life characters and historical events to carry the reader back to the Zealots' early years. 
Drawn from extensive research into the Dead Sea Scrolls, the work of the first-century historian Flavius Josephus, the Bible, and Pseudepigraphic sources, this story follows five generations of Jewish rebels fighting for independence from the mighty Roman Empire.

Sons of Light

Literature & Fiction

The Harrow Press

The Pharisee Enigma leads readers on a fascinating journey through the often unexplored period of history from which modern Judaism and Christianity emerged. Written for the nonspecialist, the well documented story will stir controversy as it challenges conventional wisdom about the roots of two world religions. Author John Merrill highlights the economic and social turbulence during the centuries in which Judeans struggled to maintain their distinctive identity in a world dominated by a succession of great powers: Persia, Macedonia and ultimately Rome. Woven into the story are profiles of some of the ancient world's larger-than-life figures: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Herod the Great, John the Baptist, Jesus of Nazareth, and the apostle Paul,to mention a few.

The Pharisee Enigma Ancient Judean Sects and Christian Origins

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