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Media w czasie pandemii
Role of media during pandemic

Ethical challenges for journalists in time of crisis

Author(s): Michał Chlebowski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Dyskursu i Dialogu
Keywords: ethics;journalism;deontology;social responsibility of media;coronavirus;

Summary/Abstract: Codes of journalistic ethics were not written for the times of global threat to the lives and health of many people. There are no clear and straightforward words of advice on how to report on coronavirus pandemic. There are however many challenges, as news services nowadays are a story about medical staff and patients fighting the disease, about race with time to find a vaccine, and about employers and governments battling to stop the economic crisis. Reliable, honest and responsible journalism is perhaps more important now than it ever was. This article presents the main risks and ethical challenges that journalists are facing in times of pandemic.

  • Issue Year: II/2020
  • Issue No: 3 (5)
  • Page Range: 37-51
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish