THE EFFICIENCY OF LEGAL AND ETHICAL NORMS PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC INTERES Cover Image

THE EFFICIENCY OF LEGAL AND ETHICAL NORMS PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC INTERES
THE EFFICIENCY OF LEGAL AND ETHICAL NORMS PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THEIR CORRELATION WITH THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC INTERES

Author(s): Sînziana-Maria Jurău
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: moral reasoning; media law; right to privacy of public figures; public interest.

Summary/Abstract: The study asses the efficiency of the legal and ethical norms regulating the right to privacy of public officials in relation to the concept of public interest. Part of a wider research, the study-case uses a test similar to the DIT (Defining Issues Test, adapted to the Romanian characteristics by referral to some of the most notable media ethics dilemmas of the last years, and it presents the results of this evaluation concluding on the moral reasoning of the journalists as determined by the relevant legal and ethical provision.

  • Issue Year: 59/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 43-57
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English