media ethics
Press conduct principles
Media ethics is the branch of professional ethics governing journalism and mass communication.
It concerns questions of accuracy, fairness, privacy, conflicts of interest, and responsible reporting: The documentary raised media ethics concerns by paying sources for interviews.
Debates often center on balancing the public's right to know against potential harms from disclosure.
- fact-checkingConfirming accuracy of claims
- editorial independenceFreedom from publisher interference
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- press freedomRight to publish uncensored
- right to knowLegal access to information
privacy · algorithmic bias · deepfakes · breaking news · consent · bias · truthfulness · accountability · objectivity · transparency · click bait · conflict of interest · plagiarism · accuracy · journalistic integrity · tabloid · news cycle · sources
- mediatelevision, news, broadcasting, video, radio station
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- student mediastudent newspaper, school newspaper, campus paper, school paper, student press
- legal journalismtrial coverage, publication bans, press gallery, court sketch, press freedom
- media ethicsjournalistic integrity, checkbook journalism, ethical journalism, ethical codes, editorial policy
- media literacyfact checking, news literacy, critical thinking, information literacy, credibility
media ethicsyellow journalism
Reporting prioritizing shock value
tabloid journalism · sensationalism · propaganda · checkbook journalism · media manipulation
media ethicsdisinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
misinformation · fake news · information warfare · spin · distortion
media ethicsscandal-mongering
Spreading damaging gossip professionally
tabloid culture · ambulance chasing · invasion of privacy · media circus · infotainment