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Deontological aspects of journalist’s work
Robert Grochowski
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The basics of journalist’s work concern conveying the truth by the means of words, pictures and sounds, which are the only way of human communication. Hence, the responsibility which a journalist bears due to his job assumes a specific character. After all, journalists and media should always show the objective truth. The knowledge of ethical norms and the ability to apply them in practice are an indispensable skill in journalistic profession. Journalists’ power to influence public opinion is particularly huge today and therefore special moral responsibility rests upon them.
The ethos of contemporary journalist’s work does not consist of getting rid of their own views but in honesty. Journalistic honesty connected with this ethos refers to the fact that one should not hide facts even though they are contrary to the assumed hypothesis. A good journalist should be open to other people, respect their opinions and distinctiveness. Therefore, the measure of journalist’s reliability is not their stance but the effects of their work, the discernment of vices and depiction virtues. The source of journalistic unreliability is, to a large degree, media’s tendency to seek sensation, which makes journalists show an incomplete picture highlighting differences, which results in winding up a spiral of negative emotions – causing divisions.
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journalist’s work, Arystoteles, the ethosMost read articles by the same author(s)
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