Role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis: proposals for a social function of journalism
The media plays an important role in relation to public service. As a result, it faces a great need for information regulation, especially in relation to major events, such as disasters and humanitarian crises. The media, however, does appear committed to solving problems related to their coverage...
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| description | The media plays an important role in relation to public service. As a
result, it faces a great need for information regulation, especially in relation to major events, such as disasters and humanitarian crises. The media, however, does appear committed to solving problems related to their coverage of highly sensitive topics and events. For this study, we analysed newsroom codes of conducts, stylebooks, and other tools of self-regulation, noting the absence of specific recommendations for properly following reporting etiquette in these types of scenarios. Furthermore, an additional study of documents from professional, academic and social organizations showed fragmented and unfocused recommendations for proper etiquette when reporting on sensitive situations. We used these fragments as a starting point to develop a compendium of proposals to help instill the social function of journalism when reporting on disasters and humanitarian crises. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1bae723dc314ab08b240a3fd66beb812022-12-21T22:27:58ZengUniversidad de NavarraCommunication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad)2386-78762013-06-0126319021336072Role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis: proposals for a social function of journalismSamuel ToledanoAlberto Ardévol-AbreuThe media plays an important role in relation to public service. As a result, it faces a great need for information regulation, especially in relation to major events, such as disasters and humanitarian crises. The media, however, does appear committed to solving problems related to their coverage of highly sensitive topics and events. For this study, we analysed newsroom codes of conducts, stylebooks, and other tools of self-regulation, noting the absence of specific recommendations for properly following reporting etiquette in these types of scenarios. Furthermore, an additional study of documents from professional, academic and social organizations showed fragmented and unfocused recommendations for proper etiquette when reporting on sensitive situations. We used these fragments as a starting point to develop a compendium of proposals to help instill the social function of journalism when reporting on disasters and humanitarian crises.https://revistas.unav.edu/index.php/communication-and-society/article/view/36072disastershumanitarian crisesconflictsself-regulationmass mediaethics |
| spellingShingle | Samuel Toledano Alberto Ardévol-Abreu Role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis: proposals for a social function of journalism Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad) disasters humanitarian crises conflicts self-regulation mass media ethics |
| title | Role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis: proposals for a social function of journalism |
| title_full | Role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis: proposals for a social function of journalism |
| title_fullStr | Role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis: proposals for a social function of journalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis: proposals for a social function of journalism |
| title_short | Role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis: proposals for a social function of journalism |
| title_sort | role of the media in disasters and humanitarian crisis proposals for a social function of journalism |
| topic | disasters humanitarian crises conflicts self-regulation mass media ethics |
| url | https://revistas.unav.edu/index.php/communication-and-society/article/view/36072 |
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