2012 Ethics of Journalism and Freedom of the Press www.css.theazkp.com www.facebook.com/thecsspoint The CSS Point 6/22/2012 Introduction Freedom of the press - where to draw the line? By Michael Kunczik o o Preface Problems of ethics in journalism 1. Historical background and starting points for a discussion on ethics 2. Journalistic ethics: Individualistic aspects 3. Codes of ethics 4. Systematic aspects of a journalistic ethic and the public ethic 5. Further aspects of
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Journalism and the Internet The development of new technologies and mass media influenced dramatically modern culture. In actuality‚ people spend a considerable part of their life while watching television and surfing Internet. At the same time‚ today‚ mass media become more and more diverse offering the audience different products in order to attract a possibly larger amount of viewers. In such a situation‚ many companies operating in entertainment industry and television attempt to conduct marketing
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Broadcast Journalism Broadcast journalism provides a timely medium for individuals to obtain their news. Reporters have a duty to report the news in an accurate‚ fair‚ clear and interesting manner. Broadcast journalism differs to written journalism as radio and television are designed to be seen and heard sooner and more often than a daily or weekly newspaper therefore scripts for speaking to be broadcasted tend to be written differently than text to be read by the public. | * | Broadcast
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Parachute journalism is an often derogatory term used to describe the practice of thrusting journalists into an area to report on a story about which the reporter has little knowledge or experience. The lack of knowledge and tight deadlines often result in inaccurate or distorted news reports‚ especially during breaking news. As opposed to expert foreign correspondents who might live in the locale‚ news organizations will sometimes send (metaphorically by "parachute") either general assignment
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platforms‚ such as Blogger and Tumblr‚ now allow the general public to actively participate in journalism. This essay will argue that blogging is transforming modern journalism into a field that has a strong society-based focus‚ similar to that of traditional 18th century journalism. Firstly‚ I will outline the nature of 18th century journalism and establish the significance of blogging within modern journalism. A discussion on the varying backgrounds of those who participate in journalistic activity
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“Ethical journalism requires conscientious decision-making in context” Morality in general can be defined as shared rules‚ norms‚ values and beliefs that determine specific behaviour during human interaction and plays a vital role in any performed action. A morally and or ethically sound decision should involve questions like whether it is accepted by others in the society‚ will this behaviour or action cause harm to someone‚ to the society or the environment‚ or are the facts considered in the
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Journalism as a career Journalism as a career Almost everyone who can read and write sometimes feels the urge to write on some favorite topic. Some people however love writing so much that they spend much of their time writing something on various subjects for the sheer pleasure of writing. Such people usually become skillful writers; and if the ability to write with ease and facility was enough to achieve success in the field of journalism‚ many people would make journalism their career. In
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Some might argue that citizen journalism maybe inaccurate because untrained people are publishing news very quickly and usually without an editor‚ which makes their news not authentic and reliable enough. They believe that amateur bloggers can’t decide what actually “news“is and what is not and that they are affecting business negatively. Others claim that although it’s not "professional" enough it does communicate news and has an important impact. Moreover‚ they believe that it’s a normal growth
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writing that deterred from the filtered and artificial stories being printed in the newspapers. This would have been a typical scenario in the 1890s. During this decade a change would occur‚ the effects of which can be seen in America to this day. Journalism
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als of Journalism 4. Identify the types of News normally found in news papers A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events‚ informative articles‚ diverse features‚ editorials‚ and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive‚ low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007‚ there were 6‚580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day. The worldwide recession of 2008‚ combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives‚ caused a serious
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