Journalists as a professional category in the context of the press law changes , postulates of media management groups and attempts to introduce corp Cover Image

Dziennikarze jako kategoria zawodowa w świetle zmian przepisów prawa prasowego, postulatów środowisk zarządzających mediami i prób wprowadzenia ograni
Journalists as a professional category in the context of the press law changes , postulates of media management groups and attempts to introduce corp

Author(s): Marek Chyliński
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: journalistic profession – professional journalists – legal and economic status of journalist – press law – professional corporations of journalists

Summary/Abstract: Journalism, belonging to a group of creative professions, should emphasize the following categories: social status and required qualifications, personal space, and professional, corporate and public-legal loads. Based on these factors, this study attempts to identify identity, legal and economic status as well as the responsibilities of the members of the community of professional journalists. It has been established that a journalist is a person who works intellectually over the material collection, creating texts, broadcasts, programs, internet publications. At the same time, this person remains in a stable relationship with the editors. Taken in mid-2012, the amendment to the Press Law takes into account the elements of the legal and economic status of the journalistic profession. Furthermore, the article defines journalism as a modern professional category in the context of European legislation, national as well as environmental discussion of journalists and publishers associated with the changes in the perception of journalism.

  • Issue Year: 13/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 203-220
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish