THE ISSUE OF ETHICS IN THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION PROFESSION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33102/abqari.vol7no1.151Keywords:
Issue of ethics, Abnormal phenomenon, Multiple violence, Nature of Ethics, Ethical dimensionsAbstract
Media and Communication studies are well-known and attractive subjects in many universities and higher institutions, but the core of both subjects is not so popular and not viewed as a necessary subject by the scholars of media and communication. The writer of this humble article views this abnormal phenomenon as a disaster that jeopardizes the existence of the media and the lives of media practitioners. The illegal imprisonment of media practitioners, in addition to numerous cases of their murder, kidnaping, assault and all types of challenges and multiple acts of violence against journalists nowadays are nothing but a clear indication that there is something wrong. However, in a wrong situation like this, there is urgent need to correct such wrong. One of the main problems that need to be rectified is the issue of ethics in media. The society and more so, the authority need not to be taught that to be a journalist is not a crime but a legitimate type of career. This paper deals briefly with the issue of ethics in media and communication professionals and discusses some characters and code of conducts that are always categorized as a default of media by the consumers of the media products.
Downloads
References
Budge, E.A. Wallis. 1997. The Book of the Dead: An English Translation of the Chapters, Hymns, etc., of the Theban Recension with Introduction, Notes etc. 2nd. 1923. Surrey, England: Unwin Brothers Limited.
Burka, Paul. 1992. Honesty is the Best Politics. iTexas Monthly Magazine, Nov 1992.
Jaska, James A. & Micheal S. Pritchard.1988. Communication Ethics: Methods of Analysis. Belmont, California Wadsworth Publishing Company, United State of America.
Johannesen, Richard L. 1990. Ethics in Human Communication. 3rd. Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press Inc. United State of America.
Straubhaar, Joseph D., Robert LaRose & Lucinda D. 2010. Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology. Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
John Vivian.1999. The Media of Mass Communication. N.pb. USA.
Joseph Staubhaar & Robart La Rose. 2004. Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture and Technology. N.pb. USA.
Kupfer, Joseph. 1982. The Moral Presumption against Lying; Review of Metaphysics. N.pl.:N.pb.
McDonald, Walter. 1988. After the Noise Saigon. Amherst, Massachusetts: The University of Massachusetts Press.
Stephen J.A. Ward. 2014. Digital Media Ethics, Central for Journalism Ethics, School of Journalism and mass communication, University of Wisconsin.
Ostwald, Martin, Introduction. Nicomachean Ethics. By Aristoteles. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merill Company, Inc. 1962.
Robert E. Smith. 1995. Principle of Human Communication, Fourth Edition. N.pl. USA.
Grossberg, L., wartella, E. & Charles Whitney, D. 1998. Media Making: Mass Media in a Popular Culture. Sage.
Grahame, J., Jempson, M. and Simons, M. 1995. The News Pack. English & Media Centre, London.
Macky, H. with Maples, W. & Reynolds, 2001. Investigating the Information Society. Open University press. USA.
Mayer, P. A., 1999. Computer Media and Communication. A Reader. Oxford University Press.
N.a. Why Islam. 2015. http://www.whyislam.org/social-values-in-islam.
The McGraw-Hill companies. 2000. http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/group.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
The copyright of this article will be vested to author(s) and granted the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, unless otherwise stated.
