Ethical Risks, Informers, Whistleblowers, Leaks and Clamor for Transparency

Leaks and whistleblowers have been increasingly used for the production of large media coverage. Characters like Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and informers of “Operation Car Wash” in Brazil have become not only useful for the process of transparency and accountability, but also si...

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Main Author: Rogério Christofoletti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo 2016-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journalism Research
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Online Access:https://bjr.sbpjor.org.br/bjr/article/view/889
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description Leaks and whistleblowers have been increasingly used for the production of large media coverage. Characters like Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and informers of “Operation Car Wash” in Brazil have become not only useful for the process of transparency and accountability, but also signal traps to reporters and newsrooms. In this article, I present the concept of Ethical Risk and I list a number of its forms in contemporary journalistic production, driven by WikiLeaks, Panama Papers and transformations of democratic societies
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spelling doaj.art-7d46d6bf94734406820b21c4552fede72022-12-22T01:11:37ZengAssociação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em JornalismoBrazilian Journalism Research1808-40791981-98542016-08-01122547310.25200/BJR.v12n2.2016.889680Ethical Risks, Informers, Whistleblowers, Leaks and Clamor for TransparencyRogério Christofoletti0UFSCLeaks and whistleblowers have been increasingly used for the production of large media coverage. Characters like Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and informers of “Operation Car Wash” in Brazil have become not only useful for the process of transparency and accountability, but also signal traps to reporters and newsrooms. In this article, I present the concept of Ethical Risk and I list a number of its forms in contemporary journalistic production, driven by WikiLeaks, Panama Papers and transformations of democratic societieshttps://bjr.sbpjor.org.br/bjr/article/view/889SourcesLeakersAccountabilityTransformations in JournalismEthics
spellingShingle Rogério Christofoletti
Ethical Risks, Informers, Whistleblowers, Leaks and Clamor for Transparency
Brazilian Journalism Research
Sources
Leakers
Accountability
Transformations in Journalism
Ethics
title Ethical Risks, Informers, Whistleblowers, Leaks and Clamor for Transparency
title_full Ethical Risks, Informers, Whistleblowers, Leaks and Clamor for Transparency
title_fullStr Ethical Risks, Informers, Whistleblowers, Leaks and Clamor for Transparency
title_full_unstemmed Ethical Risks, Informers, Whistleblowers, Leaks and Clamor for Transparency
title_short Ethical Risks, Informers, Whistleblowers, Leaks and Clamor for Transparency
title_sort ethical risks informers whistleblowers leaks and clamor for transparency
topic Sources
Leakers
Accountability
Transformations in Journalism
Ethics
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