Journalists' Views About Accountability to Different Societal Groups
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study addresses the question about which groups journalists in 12 European and two Arab countries feel that they are accountable to. In their daily work, journalists do not only face dilemmas about conflicting values, but they also have to make decisions about whose interests they should protect in the first instance. Academic scholarship has developed well argued discourses on pressure groups and conflicting interests, as well as on the various incentives that influence journalists' loyalties. The present study aims to empirically analyze journalists' accountability perceptions and discuss what kinds of loyalty ideologies would be most widely disseminated by the professional community. Five profiles are constructed and analyzed based on a cluster analysis of responses from 1,215 journalists.
Source: Journal of Media Ethics
Author: Halliki Harro-Loit
Institution: University of Tartu
Language: English
Topic: Journalism and Media Studies
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Seventh Framework Programme
Award: G1666426841
OpenAlex ID: W1517815653