Rethinking Media Freedom, Revamping Media Ethics

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-184
Author(s):  
Julie Reid
Keyword(s):  
2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-185
Author(s):  
David Robie

Review of A fragile freedom: Challenges facing media in Papua New Guinea, edited by Joe Weber. Madang, PNG: Divine World University Press. The booklet has two sections, one briefly devoted to the Divine Word University Media Freedom Day on 30 April 1999, and the main one which collects papers and speeches at the Media Ethics workshop organised by the PNG Media Council and sponsored by the AusAid Pacific Media Initiative project. 


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Fabianus Fensi

<p>ABSTRACT<br />The hoax phenomenon is a historical reality. He was born along with the birth of the era of information media freedom. Hoaxes are often damaging to a pluralistic society. History records that hoaxes destabilize harmony of a society. Therefore the hoax must be terminated immediately. This paper uses a textual literature study approach. Hoax phenomenon is placed in the tension between media idealism and media ethics. The scope of the discussion began with a review of some of the country's formal regulations, such as the Law that had been produced. For the author, state regulation of media life is an ideal condition (media idealism) where the state is based on its capacity to regulate what must be broadcast. The result is that ideal conditions do not always have an impact in reality. Many rules are violated in the practice of media, especially social media. So, there should be room to be filled in to overcome this gap, namely an ethical commitment as a normative necessity for social media activists. Law enforcement alone is not enough so it must also be equipped with other social capital, namely: the firmness of citizens' attitudes, are social media users to maintain the integrity of society. The integrity is possible by the determination of the social media community to ensure a truth of the message before it is broadcast to the public; Maintain the privileges inherent in each individual; Strictly separating the realm of private issues from public problems; Reveal a message that avoids lying, slander, and attacking others' personal motives; and full awareness that the cultural diversity of society is sensitive. All of these are referred to as ethical principles that must be considered as guidelines for living together as a nation.<br /><strong>Keywords:</strong> Ethics, Hoaxes, Social Media, Plurality, Regulation.</p><p><br />ABSTRAK<br />Fenomena hoax adalah sebuah kenyataan sejarah. Dia lahir bersamaan dengan kelahiran era kebebasan media informasi. Namun, keberadaannya seringkali merusak tatanan masyarakat yang plural. Sejarah mencatat bahwa hoax menggoyahkan kerukunan, bahkan perpecahan masyarakat. Karena itu hoax harus segera diakhiri. Tulisan ini menggunakan pendekatan kajian literatur tekstual, dimana fenomena hoax ditempatkan dalam ketegangan antara idealisme media dan etika bermedia. Cakupan pembahasan dimulai dari tinjauan terhadap beberapa regulasi formal negara, seperti Undang-undang yang pernah dihasilkan. Bagi penulis, regulasi negara atas kehidupan media adalah kondisi ideal (idealisme media) dimana negara berdasarkan kapasitasnya mengatur apa yang harus disiarkan. Hasilnya bahwa kondisi ideal tidak selalu berdampak dalam kenyataannya. Banyak aturan dilanggar dalam praktik bermedia, terutama media sosial. Maka, seharusnya ada ruang yang harus diisi untuk mengatasi kesenjangan tersebut, yaitu sebuah komitmen etis sebagai keharusan normatif bagi para pegiat media sosial. Penegakan hukum saja tidak cukup maka harus pula dilengkapi modal sosial yang lain, yaitu: keteguhan sikap warga negara, pengguna media sosial untuk menjaga keutuhan masyarakat. Keutuhan itu dimungkinan oleh keteguhan masyarakat media sosial untuk memastikan sebuah kebenaran pesan sebelum disiarkan kepada publik; Menjaga hak istimewa yang melekat pada setiap individu; Memisahkan dengan tegas ranah persoalan privat dari persoalan publik; Mengungkapkan pesan yang menghindari motif-motif bohong, fitnah, dan menyerang pribadi orang lain; dan kesadaran penuh bahwa keragaman budaya masyarakat adalah sensitif. Semua ini disebut sebagai prinsip etis yang harus dianggap sebagai pedoman hidup bersama sebagai bangsa.<br /><strong>Kata Kunci:</strong> Etika, Hoax, Media Sosial, Pluralitas, Regulasi.</p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-25
Author(s):  
Misa Vicky Lepou

Media freedom has had a long, proud history in Samoa. Struggling against the odds, the country’s only daily newspaper, the Samoa Observer, founded in 1978, championed the free media cause under the leadership of its founder, publisher and inaugural editor, Gatoaitele Savea Sano Malifa.  Now, as Samoa, enters into a new media generation, there is a pressing need for more training, better salaries, more women involved in media management, better technology facilities and more emphasis on media ethics and values in a Samoan context.


2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina A. Bramstedt ◽  
Ben Ierna ◽  
Victoria Woodcroft-Brown

Social media is a valuable tool in the practice of medicine, but it can also be an area of ‘treacherous waters’ for medical students. Those in their upper years of study are off-site and scattered broadly, undertaking clinical rotations; thus, in-house (university lecture) sessions are impractical. Nonetheless, during these clinical years students are generally high users of social media technology, putting them at risk of harm if they lack appropriate ethical awareness. We created a compulsory session in social media ethics (Doctoring and Social Media) offered in two online modes (narrated PowerPoint file or YouTube video) to fourth- and fifth-year undergraduate medical students. The novelty of our work was the use of SurveyMonkey® to deliver the file links, as well as to take attendance and deliver a post-session performance assessment. All 167 students completed the course and provided feedback. Overall, 73% Agreed or Strongly Agreed the course session would aid their professionalism skills and behaviours, and 95% supported delivery of the curriculum online. The most frequent areas of learning occurred in the following topics: email correspondence with patients, medical photography, and awareness of medical apps. SurveyMonkey® is a valuable and efficient tool for curriculum delivery, attendance taking, and assessment activities.


Author(s):  
Dirk Voorhoof

The normative perspective of this chapter is how to guarantee respect for the fundamental values of freedom of expression and journalistic reporting on matters of public interest in cases where a (public) person claims protection of his or her right to reputation. First it explains why there is an increasing number and expanding potential of conflicts between the right to freedom of expression and media freedom (Article 10 ECHR), on the one hand, and the right of privacy and the right to protection of reputation (Article 8 ECHR), on the other. In addressing and analysing the European Court’s balancing approach in this domain, the characteristics and the impact of the seminal 2012 Grand Chamber judgment in Axel Springer AG v. Germany (no. 1) are identified and explained. On the basis of the analysis of the Court’s subsequent jurisprudence in defamation cases it evaluates whether this case law preserves the public watchdog-function of media, investigative journalism and NGOs reporting on matters of public interest, but tarnishing the reputation of public figures.


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