Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20901/ms.14.27.5

Ethical Orientation And Professional Dilemmas: Attitudes of Journalism Students At the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb

Dunja Majstorović orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-1564 ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
Željana Ivanuš orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-4459 ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
Gordana Vilović orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-5688 ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb

Abstract

A survey among 243 undergraduate and graduate journalism students at the Faculty of‎ Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, was conducted to gain insight into their stances on the ‎most important ethical problems in contemporary journalism, their ethical orientation and reasonings ‎on the use of controversial methods in reporting. The research was set to explore the potential differences‎ among students of different levels of study and working experience as well as between journalism ‎students and journalists (comparison with the results of the “Worlds of Journalism Study” for Croatia).‎The results show no significant differences between undergraduate and graduate students nor between ‎those with and without experience in the media regarding their stances towards the use of controversial‎ methods in reporting, but differences were found between journalism students and journalists regarding ‎their ethical orientation. Journalism students find identity disclosure and sensationalism to be the most ‎severe ethical issues of contemporary journalism.‎

Keywords

journalism ethics; media ethics; journalism education; student attitudes

Hrčak ID:

306316

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/306316

Publication date:

20.7.2023.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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