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Journalistic principles
Posted by Patricia Aufderheide on Oct 24, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Nick Couldry, a senior scholar in the philosophy of communication who writes on media and public life at Goldsmiths, University of London, visited last week to talk about ethics and journalism. He pointed to the declining standards for accuracy, truth and public responsibility in ever-more-economically-stressed newspapers, and to the absence of standards bodies that can provide principles rather than prescriptions. He proposed that new norms—applying alike to professionals and non-professionals—might include not only accuracy and comprehensiveness but, in an unbounded Internet environment and a globalized news environment, also “hospitality.” Hospitality, in Couldry’s framework, means thinking of a wide range of potential readers—including international audiences—when creating public affairs information. The biggest challenge, he agreed with audience members at the occasion (cosponsored by American University’s School of International Service), was trying to imagine the entities that could issue and publicize standards; however, he said, the example of the Center for Social Media’s codes of best practices was an inspiring example.
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