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Journal articles on the topic "Journalistic ethics Australia"
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Vine, Josie. "A Belated Submission to the Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism." Asia Pacific Media Educator 27, no. 2 (October 25, 2017): 187–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1326365x17728829.
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Submissions to this year’s Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism pointed out that journalism tertiary education—students under the guidance of experienced and well-respected journalism practitioners—is in a position to help revive investigative and civic journalism. As Edith Cowan’s Kayt Davies (2014) pointed out as far back as 2014, public interest journalism practised in tertiary journalism programmes could potentially be funded through bodies such as the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the research grants system. Such revenue sources not only transcend the business model but also exist at a relatively acceptable arm’s length from the government. However, research—journalism or otherwise—is ineligible for ARC funding without academic research ethics committee approval. Unfortunately, the process of applying for approval from a committee, whose terms of reference are guided by an academy-approved, government-developed document (i.e., the National Statement), is so offensive to journalistic ideology that it renders the whole concept of public interest journalism in the university sector untenable. This essay examines the National Statement and draws similarities between its values and beliefs and professional journalism ideology (as articulated by the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the Australian Press Council, the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma and the Hunter Institute for Mental Health). It then explores inbuilt flexibilities in the National Statement that offer journalism as a research methodology, a means of maintaining its independence. It then finishes with an updated survey of how journalism programmes around Australia negotiate the conflict between academic research ethics and professional ideology while engaging in practice-based research. In short, this essay explores options for the revival of public interest journalism that are acceptable to both academy and journalism sensibilities.
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Heilbuth, Derryn. "Prize or Punishment: The Ethical Challenges for Journalism in the New Millennium." Media International Australia 91, no. 1 (May 1999): 163–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x9909100115.
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In an environment where cultural diversity, globalisation of the media, societal attitudes towards the media and the impact of technology on journalistic practice have heightened the ethical dilemmas journalists face in the practice of their profession as they head towards a new millennium, this paper examines two cases of Australian journalists using deception and misrepresentation in news-gathering which resulted in two decidedly different outcomes. It also explores the challenges for journalism associations and educators in their approach to the dissemination and teaching of ethics.
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Fernandez, Joseph, and Mark Pearson. "Shield laws in Australia: Legal and ethical implications for journalists and their confidential sources." Pacific Journalism Review 21, no. 1 (May 1, 2015): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v21i1.148.
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This article examines whether Australia’s current shield law regime meets journalists’ expectations and whistleblower needs in an era of unprecedented official surveillance capabilities. According to the peak journalists’ organisation, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), two recent Australian court cases ‘despite their welcome outcome for our members, clearly demonstrate Australia’s patchy and disparate journalist shields fail to do their job’ (MEAA, 2014a). Journalists’ recent court experiences exposed particular shield law inadequacies, including curious omissions or ambiguities in legislative drafting (Fernandez, 2014c, p. 131); the ‘unusual difficulty’ that a case may present (Hancock Prospecting No 2, 2014, para 7); the absence of definitive statutory protection in three jurisdictions—Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory (Fernandez, 2014b, p. 26); and the absence of uniform shield laws where such law is available (Fernandez, 2014b, pp. 26-28). This article examines the following key findings of a national survey of practising journalists: (a) participants’ general profile; (b) familiarity with shield laws; (c) perceptions of shield law effectiveness and coverage; (d) perceptions of story outcomes when relying on confidential sources; and (e) concerns about official surveillance and enforcement. The conclusion briefly considers the significance and limitations of this research; future research directions; some reform and training directions; and notes that the considerable efforts to secure shield laws in Australia might be jeopardised without better training of journalists about the laws themselves and how surveillance technologies and powers might compromise source confidentiality.
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Hanusch, Folker. "A profile of Australian travel journalists’ professional views and ethical standards." Journalism 13, no. 5 (June 14, 2011): 668–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884911398338.
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Despite significant changes in mainstream journalism in recent decades, journalistic fields beyond the news have been little explored. In an attempt to contribute to a deeper understanding of such fields, this article examines the role perceptions of 85 Australian travel journalists. By viewing travel journalism as a distinct field of practice that is affected by a unique mix of influences, this study identifies five dimensions of practitioners’ role perceptions. These relate to travel journalists’ views of themselves as Cultural Mediators, Critics, Entertainers, Information Providers and Travellers. In addition, the study examines in some depth the ethical standards of travel journalists. Determinants of these views and standards are explored. The study argues that, in light of travel journalists’ increasingly important role in reporting about foreign places, more remains to be done to promote travel stories that show a deeper understanding of other cultures and which contain a more critical appraisal of destinations.
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Watson, Alysson. "The ‘digital death knock’: Australian journalists’ use of social media in reporting everyday tragedy." Australian Journalism Review 44, no. 2 (November 1, 2022): 245–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00106_7.
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Newspapers regularly publish stories about people who have died suddenly or in unusual circumstances and the effect of these deaths on families and communities. The practice by which a journalist writes such a story is called the ‘death knock’; the journalist seeks out the deceased’s family to interview them for a story about their loss. The death knock is challenging and controversial. It has been criticized as an unethical intrusion on grief and privacy and shown to have negative effects on bereaved people and journalists. It has also been defended as an act of inclusion, giving the bereaved control over stories that may be written anyway, and a form of public service journalism that can have benefits for families, communities and journalists. Traditionally a knock on the door, the death knock is also done via phone and e-mail, and recently, in a practice termed the ‘digital death knock’, using social media. This article reports on the findings of a 2021 survey of Australian journalists and their current death knock practice and it will do this within the framework of research in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. In these countries, journalists are doing the ‘digital death knock’ because of time and competition pressures and available technology; however, this raises ethical concerns about their reproduction of social media material without the permission or knowledge of its owners. This article will discuss the extent to which social media has impacted death knock practice in Australia.
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Ananian-Welsh, Rebecca. "Journalistic confidentiality in an age of data surveillance." Australian Journalism Review 41, no. 2 (November 1, 2019): 225–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00008_1.
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This article examines two key components of the Australian Government’s data surveillance framework and critiques their impact on journalistic confidentiality. The 2015 mandatory data retention scheme and the 2018 telecommunications industry assistance scheme have been the subjects of considerable controversy and ongoing parliamentary reviews. The combined effect of these provisions is that journalists are unable to confidently fulfil their ethical obligation to maintain source confidentiality. The article recommends targeted reforms to more explicitly and appropriately balance the public interest in journalistic confidentiality (and relatedly, democracy, public accountability and the rule of law) against law enforcement and national security objectives.
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Ellis, Gavin. "Journalism’s road codes: The enduring nature of common ethical standards." Pacific Journalism Review 18, no. 2 (October 31, 2012): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v18i2.268.
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Journalistic principles and codes of practice are manifestations of a desire to be seen as socially responsible. Their significance has never been in doubt but the failure to adhere to them has been brought into sharp public focus by the News International phone hacking scandal and subsequent investigations in to news media regulation in Britain, Australia and New Zealand. This article compares codes of practice across the English-speaking world and finds significant similarities in what is expected of professional journalists by their employers and professional bodies, although there are variations in the extent to which the principles of responsible journalism are followed. The means by which journalists and media companies are held accountable is challenging various jurisdictions. However, the principles to be followed are likely to remain unchanged because they are based on a pragmatic approach to shielding individuals from harm at the hands of journalists.
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Pearson, Mark. "REVIEW: Quandry over contrasting ethics texts." Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa 11, no. 2 (September 1, 2005): 239–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v11i2.1063.
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Review of Journalism Ethics: Arguments and Cases, by Martin Hirst and Roger Patching"I have sought advice from both texts on this kind of delimma: journalists allowing personal allegiances to influence them in the course of their duty. Richard points to the flaws in Australian MEAA Code of Ethics' clause 4 which stipulates journalists should not allow 'personal interest or any belief, commitment, payment, gift or benefit; to undermine their accuracy, fairness or independence..Hirst and Patching make much of an 'ethical fault line' metaphore throughout their text and refer to objectvity as 'one of the most volatile fault lines in the ideology of reports..."
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Little, Janine. "Tracks to Advocacy." Asia Pacific Media Educator 24, no. 2 (December 2014): 257–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1326365x14555287.
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This article considers the role of animal rights-based journalism and its connection to teaching media law and ethics to undergraduate students in an Australian university arts faculty. An anecdotal discussion of a reflective practice informing the teaching of an undergraduate course in a journalism major relates questions of ethics and law to broader considerations of the role of advocacy in and around journalism, and media practice. It is argued that animal rights-related stories have a role in training media professionals, and also in inspiring journalists to envision their own work as part of the democratic mechanisms of social and legal reform in Australia.
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Cronau, Peter. "Why ethical journalists deserve better code." Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa 3, no. 2 (November 1, 1996): 20–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v3i2.578.
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As Pacific journalists seek codes of ethics of their own, the new draft Australian code of ethics fails to give journalists and the public confidence. An open and comprehensive process of consulation is needed. The code needs to better protect the right to know.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Journalistic ethics Australia"
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Varley, Carolyn. "Paper ethics : in-house codes of ethics and conduct for Australian newspapers." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1995. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36297/1/36297_Varley_1995.pdf.
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This thesis examines issues surrounding in-house codes of ethics and conduct
for newspaper. It looks at trends in the United States and Australia, and includes a case
study of the development, implementation and enforcement of an in-house professional
practice policy at the Melbourne Herald and Weekly Times newspaper group. The thesis
makes recommendations about the manner in which in-house codes should be
developed, implemented and enforced.
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Breit, Rhonda, and n/a. "Journalism, Ethics and Accountability: Evaluating the Virtues of Self-Regulation." Griffith University. School of Arts, Media and Culture, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040628.102346.
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This dissertation questions whether the current system of journalistic self-regulation in Australia can give effect to ethical journalism given the conceptual paradigms that have informed its understanding of journalism and journalism ethics. It argues the ideological focus of journalistic self-regulation has constrained the current system's ability to encourage ethical journalism. By taking a grounded theory approach to developing an alternative theory of journalism, this study attempts to fill a void in the reform of journalistic self-regulation in Australia by first highlighting the shortfall in recent reviews. It then argues reform must address the ideological focus of the journalism industry. This means looking at the ideologies espoused in the industry codes. It also means looking at the ideologies that frame how values reflected in the codes are interpreted. In summary, my aim in this dissertation is to articulate a praxis-driven theory of journalism by which to examine the suitability of the Australian self-regulatory environment to give effect to ethical journalism. This will be done by: mapping the current system of journalistic self-regulation; distilling the ideological foci of contemporary interpretations of journalism and journalism ethics; postulating an alternative theory of journalism as practice; evaluating the current system of self-regulation in light of the theory of journalism as practice; and recommending an alternative model of self-regulation that takes account of the theory of journalism as practice. The grounded theory approach to this study involves a textual analysis of a representative sample of self-regulatory codes to identify deficiencies in the way philosophical understandings of identity and ethics have been applied to journalism. By highlighting the gaps in the conceptual paradigm that frames the current theories of journalism and journalism ethics, I offer insights into key problems facing industry self-regulation. Given its grounding in substantive data analysis, the theory developed in this study is able to offer significant insights into ways of improving journalistic self-regulation to encourage ethical journalism. By categorising the self-regulatory codes according to ideology, I aim to explain how core journalistic values can be marginalized. Thus, this study aims to reveal problems with the way in which journalism self-regulation has been conceptualised and operationalised. In this way, it uses the tools of meta-ethics and normative ethics to analyse an ethical problem. Thus the grounded theory emerging from this study falls into the conceptual category of applied ethics. This approach offers a flexible methodology that allows the development of an emergent theory based on raw data derived from the various codes that operate within the journalistic self-regulatory environment. The research problem starts broadly, looking at the ability of the current system of journalistic self-regulation to encourage ethical journalism. The focus of the study is on organizational ideology and conceptions of journalism, rather than individual values of journalists. Through a process of constant comparison I will focus the research problem, constructing a theoretical framework to evaluate whether the current system of journalistic self-regulation can encourage ethical journalism. To achieve these objectives, the study will canvass both process (the ability of self-regulation to give effect to ethical journalism) and action (building a theoretical framework for conceptualising reform). A grounded theory approach offers a way of categorising conceptions of journalism and self-regulation allowing me to develop an alternative theory of journalism that promotes a holistic approach to journalism ethics. This study does not purport to offer final solutions to the ethical problems within Australian journalism. It does, however, aim to present an alternative pathway towards reform of journalistic self-regulation in Australia that focuses on encouraging ethical journalism and expanding the theoretical paradigms that shape current approaches to ethics.
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Kwak, Ki-Sung, and n/a. "Aspects of the Korean ethnic press in Australia 1985-1990 : an analysis of the backgrounds of editors and publishers and news content." University of Canberra. Communication, 1991. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060815.103805.
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The present study examined the role of the Korean
ethnic press in Australia with special reference to the
ways in which their professional backgrounds shaped the
construction of the news content of their newspapers.
The study sample consisted of six Korean ethnic
newspapers produced in Sydney. Both intrinsic and
extrinsic factors relevant to the role of journalists
were identified in interviews with the editors and
publishers. The overall news content was analyzed through
quantitative and qualitative content analysis.
The principal finding of this study was that none of
Shoemaker's (1987) theoretical statements about how
economic factors shape news content could be applied to
the Korean ethnic press in Australia. Despite their
reliance on commercial sources for their economic
survival, all six papers devoted more space to issue oriented
news than to event-oriented news, and were not
responsive to their readers and advertisers in
Shoemaker's terms. Journalistic professionalism as
discussed by Henningham (1989) also was treated as a less
important factor by Korean ethnic newspaper staff. Rather
the professional identity of the ethnic press editors and
publishers was grounded in the culture of their local
community instead of in the mainstream standards of
It is concluded that Korean ethnic newspapers in
Australia have more pragmatic criteria both for the
selection of their news content, and for the professional
standards of their newspaper staff.
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Wight, Samantha Mary. "Edible ethics : the role and responsibilites [sic] of Australia’s food media." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/42921.
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The role of food writers has changed - no longer are they concerned only with recipes and lifestyle issues. Today's food writers are faced with writing on a broad scope of topics that stretch from recipes and restaurant through to health, nutrition, and social and ethical eating issues.
This study first outlines the professional role and responsibilities of food writers, and then examines the idea that, in a professional capacity, food writers are journalists. As such, food writers are faced with the responsibility of acting in the best interest of the public when they report information on food and food related issues. Yet, unlike their international colleagues, Australian food writers do not have their own code of ethics, although they do have an active professional association, the Food Media Club of Australia.
This study identifies the ethical dilemmas faced by the Australian food media, and looks at how they are currently dealing with issues such as accepting junkets, and the idea of food being a subjective topic. It then considers the potential consequences of unethical professional practices by food writers before recommending the development of a professional code of ethics for Australia’s food media. Academic literature on the media and media ethics is considered, although there is little written specifically on the food media itself. Therefore, in order to ascertain specific insight and knowledge as well as some understanding of the current operations of Australia’s food media, interviews with industry professionals and an ethics expert were conducted. Additionally, information was gathered from members of international food media associations. The various interviews revealed a common concern over the lack of information published by the food media on social and ethical food issues such as genetic modification, and sustainable agriculture. Consequently, after examining approaches used by food writers in the United Kingdom to publish such information, recommendations also include a more strident and proactive approach by the Australian food media in order to reach the general public with information that they, the food media, deem important to the future of Australian food.Thesis (LCB M.A.(Gast.)) -- School of History and Politics, 2005
Books on the topic "Journalistic ethics Australia"
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Harris, Nicholas. The media and the law: A handbook of law and ethics for media practice. Katoomba, NSW, Australia: Harris Johnsson Report, 1995.
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A, White Sally, ed. Ethics and the Australian news media. South Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia, 1994.
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The year of living dangerously. London: Minerva, 1995.
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Little, Janine. Journalism Ethics and Law: Stories of Media Practice. Oxford University Press, 2014.
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International Catholic Union of the Press. and Réseau international de jeunes journalistes. Rencontre mondial, eds. Journalism for world peace and development: Eleven presentations from Australia, Benin, Brazil, Croatia, Honk Kong, India, Japan, Lithuania, Nigeria, Switzerland, and the United States of America. Fribourg, Suisse: Editions universitaires, 1993.
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Polden, Mark, and Pearson Mark. Journalist's Guide to Media Law. Allen & Unwin, 2011.
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Polden, Mark, and Pearson Mark. Journalist's Guide to Media Law. Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
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Mark, Pearson. Journalist's Guide to Media Law: Dealing with Legal and Ethical Issues. Allen & Unwin, 2007.
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Polden, Mark, and Mark Pearson. Journalist's Guide to Media Law: A Handbook for Communicators in a Digital World. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Polden, Mark, and Pearson Mark. Journalist's Guide to Media Law: A Handbook for Communicators in a Digital World. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
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Spences, Edward. "Understanding Journalists’ Ethical Decisions A Book Review by Kimberly Wilmot Voss." In Media Ethics in Australia, 153–54. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003059097-7.
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Wyburn, Mary. "Copyright and Ethical Issues in Emerging Models for the Digital Media Reporting of Sports News in Australia." In Digital Rights Management, 290–309. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2136-7.ch014.
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The chapter examines the copyright and ethical issues raised by emerging models for the digital media reporting of sports news in Australia. In particular, it explores the use by news organisations of a defence in copyright law that provides protection against an infringement action for the reporting of news and the use by sports organisations of journalist accreditation to limit, by way of contract, the uses made of copyright material generated at sports events. It briefly outlines some proposed responses to these issues, including amending copyright law or establishing an industry code of conduct for the accreditation of news organisations accessing and reporting on sports events in the digital media. These matters were raised in a 2009 Senate inquiry. The inquiry attracted submissions from international news organisations concerned that a more restricted access regime established by sports organisations in Australia might influence the terms negotiated in other countries. The conflicts arising in this industry sector are a small part of a much larger international landscape in which new digital communications technologies are offering greater business opportunities but at the same time challenging existing commercial relationships.