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Posts Tagged Media ethics
Who Tweets on Behalf of the Media?
Posted by Ilze Olsteina in Ethics & Quality, New Media & Web 2.0 on March 26, 2012
Media managers confront a new branding dilemma concerning the Twitter “behavior” of their employees.
Many media leaders are now asking whether tweets should be accredited to their publishing houses and if so, how should this be done? In Latvia, one of the largest national publishing houses – Žurnāls Santa – faced a new branding obstacle when developing a common concept for the promotion of magazines on social media platforms. Žurnāls Santa’s editor-in-chief of homepages, Ilze Olšteina, reveals the key issues that surfaced during the course of development, directed primarily at media marketing and editorial management.
What do we already have?
For starters, regulation of journalists and media employees can be tricky. If journalists are already active on Twitter, can they be forced under contract to actively promote their employers? Conversely, if a popular media personality is not tweeting, can a publishing house force him or her to tweet for marketing purposes? Read the rest of this entry »
Expanding the Grey Area
Posted by Rukhshona Nazhmidinova in Ethics & Quality, Media Economics on July 6, 2011
While some media professionals argue loudly over ethical issues tied to sponsored news content, Bart Brouwers quietly gets down to business, charging his “advertisers” for articles.According to a recent European Journalism Centre article, Brouwers, creator of a network of Dutch sites following the model of hyperlocal journalism, claims to push the envelope with regard to the “mixed zone” between editorial and commercial content. Unlike traditional newspapers, the Dictbij network of hyperlocal news websites – Telegraaf Media Groep (TMG) project and Brouwers’ Read the rest of this entry »
When is International Don’t Put This Man on TV Day?
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality on September 11, 2010
How a mustachioed outlier learned to use Twitter and suckered the media.
An otherwise unknown loon takes control of the newscycle, gives more than 150 interviews prior to being awarded a formal press conference, and in the end, reneges on his promise of sacred scripture smoldering. Who fell for this?
On July 12, 2010, Pastor Terry Jones of Gainsville, Florida, fired off a tweet declaring September 11, 2010 “International Burn a Koran Day.” The man leads a congregation slightly larger than a high school softball team and can Read the rest of this entry »
Kiss and Tell Journalism
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics & Quality, Fields of Coverage on April 13, 2010
Journalist Nicholas Jones discusses the maladies of celebrity reportage and the effect on British journalism.
Occasionally crass, often contrived star-riddled stories plague the UK press, and according to Jones, the ethical slips characteristic of such reportage are spreading to other regions of journalism and media. “The exploitation of other people’s embarrassment — even other people’s misery — has also encouraged what has to be seen as the nasty side of citizen’s journalism, the sale of personal information, perhaps mobile phone photos taken at private occasions Read the rest of this entry »
Media Accountability in Romania
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality, New Media & Web 2.0 on April 7, 2010
Interview with Mihai Coman of the University of Bucharest’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Romania?
It depends on perspective. On an institutional level there are a few examples one could call successful. There is a code of ethics in Romania that has been accepted and implemented by all journalistic associations. Now there is also an ombudsman in public television. From a social, sociological perspective we have to ask ourselves who controls the journalistic profession. There is a constant struggle between top and low-level journalists, between media owners and journalists, between politicians and journalists – they all want to control the field. We are involved in the process of transformation in Romania. We believed that the transition to capitalism would occur quickly, however we discovered that such a change takes Read the rest of this entry »
MediaAct Interview: Colin Porlezza
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality on March 29, 2010
Interview with Colin Porlezza, communications researcher at the Università della Svizzera italiana and EJO collaborator.
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability in Switzerland?
It depends on what one understands as a successful example. Is the existence of a press council already a success – although it has only limited possibilities to impose a sanction? Or can one regard the existence of ombudsmen as positive, even though they are hardly present in public? The infrastructure of journalistic quality management is relatively broad and consistent in Switzerland. A quite successful example is the way TV and radio licenses are allocated – certain quality standards are prerequisites to receiving one. Furthermore, the quality awareness seems to be in general quite high in Switzerland, although this can’t Read the rest of this entry »
MediaAct Interview: Epp Lauk
Posted by Tina Bettels in Ethics & Quality on March 24, 2010
Interview with Epp Lauk, Institute of Journalism and Communication, University of Tartu, Estonia.
Q: Are there successful examples of media accountability systems in Estonia?
There are two press councils in Estonia – the Newspaper Association’s Press Council (since 2002) and the Estonian Press Council (since 1991). As there is no cooperation between the two councils and there even is an agreement among the newspapers who are members of the Newspaper Association to ignore the Estonian Press Council, I would say that both have little effect.
Q: Do you believe there should be a new ethical code specifically for online journalism? Read the rest of this entry »
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