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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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 |
url | https://bjr.sbpjor.org.br/bjr/article/view/889 |
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