Failing to Prepare? Journalism Ethics Education in the Developing World: The Case of Cambodia

Quinn, Fergal

doi:10.1080/23736992.2018.1441031

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“…As far as geographical factors are concerned, ethics was called a "Western luxury" for Central Asian journalists (Mould and Schuster, 1999). This is consistent with the findings by Quinn (2018) where ethics is also considered to be a mainly Westoriented principle in the sense of practices and skills that does not function efficiently in the environment of Cambodia.…”

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“…Economic hardships of the journalists contribute to nontransparency in Russian journalism. Low wages are also called as one of the hindrances to best ethical practices in Cambodian journalism, according to Quinn (2018), as well as in Ukraine (Grynko, 2012).…”

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“…if someone give a journalist something, he/she cannot refuse to take it because of the inability to refuse. Cultural incongruity is stated as one of barriers to sufficient ethical practice for Cambodian journalists, according to Quinn (2018). Al-Najjar (2011) concludes that Arab journalists do not adopt entirely principles of objectivity and impartiality when it comes to patriotism, for example in the case of reporting war between Palestine and Israel.…”

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“…On top of that, Kuwaiti media outlets also hire untrained journalists to report and write stories. Low quality of staff, weak management and inefficient journalistic associations are some of reasons that prevent Cambodian journalists from suitable journalistic practice (Quinn, 2018). Latvian editors in the research by Bucholtz (2020) consider themselves as key to providing collective understanding of ethics in editorial offices.…”

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Ethical dilemmas of kazakhstani journalists

Kurmanova

2022

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A journalist is supposed to provide society with true, objective, balanced, up-to-date information and act fairly and impartially, be truthful and transparent. Otherwise, journalists may cause harm by failing to act ethically. The purpose of this research is to examine journalism ethics in Kazakhstan, explain probable reasons for ethical misbehavior and suggest possible solutions to the existing problems in journalistic ethics. It is an important study because journalism misbehavior affects everyone and little attention is given in research about journalism ethics in Kazakhstan. To address research inquiry, this research study uses qualitative structured interviews with 11 working journalists and editors in the country. The interviews were conducted in Russian language during the fall 2021. Convenience and snowball sampling were used in the study. Specifically, seven journalists working in independent media outlets, three journalists from state-owned media outlets and one journalist working in international media outlet, participated in the study. The sample consisted of five women and six men, ranging in age from 29 to 49 years old and having experience in journalism from seven to 25 years. The interviewees did not receive a monetary compensation for participation. The findings suggest that socio-economic, political and personal factors explain ethical misbehavior in journalism. As for probable solutions to the current problems in journalistic ethics, the majority of the respondents believe that the situation may be improved through teaching ethics in universities, holding training and professional workshops for everyone involved in journalism. Some journalists suggest that nothing needs to be done with ethics and instead it is necessary to solve some complex issues in society. The value of the conducted research lies in the study of the reasons for ethical misbehavior.

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Ethical dilemmas of kazakhstani journalists

Kurmanova

2022

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“…The traditional dominance of a vocational approach to training in the West 3 (Anderson 2014) has meant that journalism programmes supported by aid emanating from these countries also tended to adhere to this model (Barrera 2012). This, combined with a dominance of western-oriented learning materials (Quinn 2018) and a general shortfall of research into non-western journalism practice (Dube 2016) has resulted in programmes in non-western environments which tend to emphasise, whether overtly or implicitly, the "self-evident" superiority of Anglo/US journalistic systems (Papoutsaki 2007).…”

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An Examination of the Interaction of Democratic Ideals with Journalism Training Programmes in the Global South: The Case of Cambodia

Quinn

2020

Journalism and Media

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The presumption that a liberal media landscape and associated press culture strengthens good governance and human development has approached orthodoxy in the western world. Consistent with this, journalism training has been a central component of media aid strategies in the Global South. This research examines how normative assumptions about journalism roles can interact with ideas about democracy in a training environment and the possible implications of this. It explores parallels between programme elements relating to democracy facilitation and particular role conceptualisations of journalists trained by these programmes, with a specific interest in how this process is borne out in countries where democratisation processes are ongoing. A qualitative-based methodology, using journalism training in Cambodia as a case study, finds some correlations between democracy-related emphases at training level and specific normative orientations among working journalists who participated in these programmes. However, we find that these democratic norm-related orientations of practitioners contain subtle, but key differentiations from those advocated by programme facilitators. A vocational, advocacy-oriented approach to journalism programmes may have contributed to this outcome in a Cambodian context.

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Law and Ethics in the Asia-Pacific Region

Ang

2021

Handbook of Global Media Ethics

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Failing to Prepare? Journalism Ethics Education in the Developing World: The Case of Cambodia

Cited by 4 publications

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Ethical dilemmas of kazakhstani journalists

Ethical dilemmas of kazakhstani journalists

An Examination of the Interaction of Democratic Ideals with Journalism Training Programmes in the Global South: The Case of Cambodia

Law and Ethics in the Asia-Pacific Region

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