Quagmires and Quandaries Exploring Journalism

Despite best intentions, various codes of ethics and extensive public attention, journalists are repeatedly seen to behave in ways that are less than edifying. With refreshing candor and scholarly rigor, Ian Richards, journalist and academic, examines the reasons why this particular profession is, apparently, so ethically challenged.

Preface

vii

Acknowledgments

viii

Introduction

x

1 Journalism and ethics

1

(16)

An uneasy relationship

4

(2)

The rise of journalism ethics

6

(2)

Social responsibility theory

8

(6)

Journalism ethics in Australia

14

(3)

2 Journalism and truth-telling

17

(15)

The influence of post-modernism

18

(3)

Journalistic truth

21

(2)

The limitations of language

23

(4)

Journalism's criteria of rational acceptability

27

(5)

3 Journalism and objectivity

32

(16)

The influence of news values

34

(3)

Objectivity in practice

37

(2)

Redefining objectivity

39

(4)

Objectivity as a perspective

43

(5)

4 Codes of ethics, codes of practice

48

(21)

Education and accountability

52

(2)

Two types of code

54

(4)

The MEAA Code of Ethics

58

(8)

Implications

66

(3)

5 Corporate pressures and the media organisation

69

(14)

Information or advertising?

72

(1)

Implications for journalism

73

(2)

The need to look elsewhere

75

(8)

6 The business of journalism

83

(16)

Pressures in the newsroom

83

(3)

Effects on news reporting

86

(6)

The situation in Australia

92

(3)

Corporate pressures and the individual journalist

95

(4)

7 The impact of technology

99

(12)

The effects of the process

104

(1)

News customisation

105

(2)

Plagiarism

107

(1)

In future

108

(3)

8 A journalism for the public?

111

(7)

Public journalism and ethics

113

(2)

Objectivity and market forces

115

(3)

9 Journalism and privacy

118

(15)

A complex notion

120

(2)

Justifications for journalistic intrusion into privacy

122

(4)

Journalism and autonomy

126

(4)

Journalism and respect

130

(3)

10 Intrusion into grief

133

(14)

The dilemma

135

(3)

Defining influences within journalism

138

(1)

The dilemma of news

139

(3)

Values in journalism

142

(1)

Journalism and consent

143

(4)

11 Future directions

147

(11)

Practical implications

149

(1)

Organisational levels of influence

149

(3)

Individual levels of influence

152

(6)

References

158

(15)

Index

173

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