Book Review: Trusting the News in a Digital Age: Towards a “New” News Literacy, by Jeffry Dvorkin

nowhere in the section did Mathewson mention the role ethics of care in centering these issues, failing to draw on the potential to shift the discourse on journalism ethics and objectivity. The ethics of care is an important and helpful framework for promoting diversity by “teaching journalists to incorporate more sustained and focused attention to the suffering and discrimination of vulnerable groups in society” (p. 82). Care ethics is more important for journalism given the crisis in trust and democracy that requires journalists to be reflective and responsive to the needs of the community in addition to traditional ethical principles of accuracy, transparency, and fairness. Unfortunately, the book’s structure fails to do justice to some of the strong and useful contributions for both academics and media professionals. Having said that, the abundant examples sprinkled throughout the book present a useful guide for media professors to deepen the understanding of students’ care ethics. The book is bound to start conversations regarding an idea that is central to the future of journalism ethics and diversity and centers on embracing empathy and emotions in the news media.