ABSTRACT

This volume provides a comprehensive discussion of enduring and emerging challenges to ethical journalism worldwide.

The collection highlights journalism practice that makes a positive contribution to people’s lives, investigates the link between institutional power and ethical practices in journalism, and explores the relationship between ethical standards and journalistic practice. Chapters in the volume represent three key commitments: (1) ensuring practice informed by theory, (2) providing professional guidance to journalists, and (3) offering an expanded worldview that examines journalism ethics beyond traditional boundaries and borders. With input from over 60 expert contributors, it offers a global perspective on journalism ethics and embraces ideas from well-known and emerging journalism scholars and practitioners from around the world.

The Routledge Companion to Journalism Ethics serves as a one-stop shop for journalism ethics scholars and students as well as industry practitioners and experts.

Chapter 45 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at https://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

part Section 1|138 pages

The development of journalism ethics and perspectives from around the world

chapter 2|10 pages

From parochial to global

The turbulent history of journalism ethics

chapter 4|9 pages

Becoming Junzi

A Confucian approach to journalism ethics

chapter 6|9 pages

Revisiting the requirements of Hutchins

Context and coverage in the post-George Floyd world

chapter 7|7 pages

Treating “local” journalists ethically

International news organizations and global media ethics

chapter 10|8 pages

An Islamic perspective on media ethics

Revisiting Western journalism ethics

chapter 11|8 pages

I am because we are

A relational approach to journalism

chapter 13|8 pages

“Tell China's story well”

Ethical orientations of Chinese journalists in international reporting

chapter 14|7 pages

Formal freedom but tacit control

Journalism in Japan

chapter 15|8 pages

Ethical choices in Brazilian journalism

Corruption, investigation, and community media

chapter 16|12 pages

Visual ethics

A matter of survival

part Section 2|153 pages

Enduring issues in journalism ethics

part I|88 pages

Broad issues

chapter 17|8 pages

The ethics of privacy and the public interest

From principle to application

chapter 18|9 pages

Exploring key principles

Neutrality, balance, objectivity, and truth

chapter 22|9 pages

“Ventriloquists' dummies” or truth bringers?

The journalist's role in giving whistle-blowers a voice

chapter 24|8 pages

Islam in the news

A model for transformation

chapter 25|9 pages

Ethics and reporting on religion

From public interest to public good

chapter 26|8 pages

Representing women

Challenges for the UK media and beyond

part II|63 pages

Case studies on day-to-day practices

chapter 27|8 pages

The ethics of reporting rape in India

A case study

chapter 30|10 pages

Echo chamber journalism

Migration reporting in Hungary

chapter 31|7 pages

Beyond the ethics of objectivity

Covering the refugee crisis in Slovenia

chapter 32|9 pages

Media capture in Central and Eastern Europe

The corrosive impact on democracy and desecration of journalistic ethics

chapter 33|9 pages

Mapping ethical dilemmas for sports journalism

An overview of the Spanish landscape

part Section 3|117 pages

Emerging issues in journalism ethics

chapter 37|9 pages

Algorithmic news

Ethical implications of bias in artificial intelligence in journalism

chapter 40|8 pages

“Breaking News”

Sourcing, online newsgathering, and verification

chapter 43|10 pages

The influence of fake news

Rebuilding public trust in journalism

part Section 4|96 pages

Standard setting

chapter 49|8 pages

Responsible freedom

The democratic challenge of regulating online media

chapter 51|9 pages

Organizational ethics

Theories and evidence of the influence of organizations on news content and the ethics of individual journalists

chapter 52|8 pages

Where accountability is insufficient, bad journalism thrives

The case of the United Kingdom press

chapter 54|9 pages

Reminders of responsibility

Journalism ethics codes in Western Europe

chapter 55|9 pages

Masters in their own house

Media self-regulation as a safeguard for press freedom

chapter 56|8 pages

Ethics codes in post-communist countries

The case of Bulgaria and Romania