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Both Sides of the Story: Communication Ethics in Mediatized Worlds

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Current transformations in the media landscape are challenging contemporary communication and media ethics in at least 2 ways. First, digitization of the media creates new ethical problems that stimulate calls for a redefinition of the norms and values of public communication. Second, new instruments of web-based media observation introduce new possibilities for media (self-)regulation and accountability, thus complementing the initiatives of traditional institutions like press councils. The article retraces those conflicting developments by reference to 2 comparative studies, representing the diverging traditions of conventional communication ethics and media accountability research. In bridging over the conceptual gap between the 2 forms of research, the article develops new perspectives for ethical reflection in the mediatized worlds of the digital age.

Source: Journal of Communication

DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12216

Authors: Tobias Eberwein, Colin Porlezza

Institutions: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies, University of Klagenfurt, University of Zurich

Language: English

Topic: Journalism and Media Studies

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2296911664

FWCI: 8.439

Cites: 53

Cited by: 33

Related to: 10