Media studies, Vol. 2 No. 3-4, 2011.
Conference paper
Ethical Disputes and Public Service Televison. Case Study: Otvoreno Political Talk Show, Broadcasted on 21st of January, 2010
Gordana Škaljac Narančić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2709-4126
; PhD student at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Ratings of the television programs as well as commercial effects become crucial measures of the media success and journalists’ efficiency neglecting minimal ethical standards. The profit maximisation logic and mere survival in times of the economic crisis also has the impact on preserving the sensitive ethical standards. In this respect, the television, as the most influential medium, especially public television, has the biggest responsibility. Violation of the ethical norms on public television means that it does not fulfil its key role – the role of public service. In important cases of the violation of ethical rules, the lack of clear responses of the regulators is the other side of the problem. The case study in this text shows us how easy it is to turn to the contempt of the professional journalistic standards and, consequently, ethical norms. This leads us to think how difficult is today to remain professional and ethical in times of the tangible commercialism and sensationalism.
Keywords
PUBLIC TELEVISION; JOURNALISTIC ETHICS; PROFESSIONALISM; COMMERCIALISATION OF MEDIA
Hrčak ID:
87881
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2011.
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