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Ethics In New Media
The document outlines professional standards for media, including providing truthful, accurate and objective information while avoiding content that could incite violence. It states that media should represent a diversity of viewpoints for public access and reflect on professional standards to maintain societal trust. Failure to meet these standards could result in societal intervention.
Ethics In New Media
- 5. Accept responsibilitiestowards society including setting professional standards for supply of information i.e. truth, accuracy, objectivity, privacy and balance of their reporting. Avoid publishing information that could lead to violence or social disruption. Expect societal intervention if the media fail to meet professional standard. Collectively reflect a diversity of content to ensure public access to a variety of viewpoints, and their right to react to these viewpoints.
- 7. Accurate andtruthful Sincere intentions Reports what is newsworthy Objectivity
- 8. 25% ofjournalists are listening to podcasts Nearly 80% of journalists surveyed believe that bloggers have become important opinion- shapers in recent years 91% of journalists surveyed agree that new media and communications tools and technologies are enhancing journalism
- 9. Everyone canbe their own news outlet Ethical values of social media users The average blogger could be just as ethical as the average reporter
- 13. Ethical actiondoesn’t depend on the communication channel Planning conversation against goals set best practices Codes are continuously evolving
- 14. Transparency Conflictof interest Decisions Integrity
- 18. Greater Greater Freedom Interest Greater Possibility