“It Has to Be in One’s Head and Heart”: The Understanding of Journalism Ethics in Latvian Media

Bucholtz, Ianis

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2019.1664316

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“…Although the media critical texts often explicitly use work censorship or implicitly refer to it, the term is frequently misused. Due to the Soviet past, censorship and self-censorship carry strong cultural and social connotations (Lauk & Harro-Loit, 2017;Lauk & Hoyer, 2008), ethical sensitivity (Bucholtz, 2020) as well as commercial intentions (Balčytienė & Lauk, 2005;Rožukalne, 2020), which make the use of the terms a veritable taboo. Therefore, the USC should always be studied, taking into account the country's specifics and media system (e.g.…”

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Journalists under attack: self-censorship as an unperceived method for avoiding hostility

Himma-Kadakas

Ivask

2023

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This study investigates journalists’ self-censorship and introduces a phenomenon of unperceived collective self-censorship that demands a combination of detection methods. We conducted a content analysis of media critique texts (N=156) that discuss attacks on Estonian journalism. These results were combined with the content analysis of journalistic roles in the news (N=2409) and a survey on journalists (N=99) and completed with semi-structured interviews (N=14). The findings showed that accusations against journalists were frequently related to discourses regarding journalists’ interventionist or watchdog roles. Juxtaposing these results with quantitative data, it became evident that when aspects of interventionist and watchdog roles were criticized in the media texts, the performance of these roles decreased in the news. However, journalists’ self-assessment does not show the perception of this change. We argue that self-censorship was created unknowingly within the newsroom. External pressures – such as politically motivated attacks on journalism – may promote unperceived self-censorship.

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Journalists under attack: self-censorship as an unperceived method for avoiding hostility

Himma-Kadakas

Ivask

2023

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“…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. Ukrainian journalists claim that dependency on owners of media and advertisers lead to non-compliance with journalistic ethical principles (Grynko, 2012).…”

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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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