Journalists and News Sources: Implications of Professionalism in War Reporting.
The study of journalism covers in broad perspectives the principles of reporting in various situations, whether in normal time based on events and press conferences or during news breaking in times of crisis, conflicts or disasters. In this instance, journalists are expected to perform their duty wi...
| Published in: | Innovation Journal Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Innovation Journal
2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=70967927&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 70967927 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17153816 6EWE jtl: Innovation Journal issn: 17153816 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2011 vid: 16 iid: 3 pid: 46463 pub: Innovation Journal artinfo: ui: 70967927 ppf: 1 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 185KB tig: atl: Journalists and News Sources: Implications of Professionalism in War Reporting. aug: au: Ibrahim, Faridah Pawanteh, Latiffah Chang Peng Kee Hassan Basri, Fuziah Kartini Abu Hassan, Badrul Redzuan Wan Mahmud, Wan Amizah affil: School of Media and Communication Studies Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600. Bangi Selangor MALAYSIA su: Malaysia Professionalism Journalism Press Press conferences War stories Qualitative research methodology sug: subj: Professionalism Journalism Press Malaysia News Syndicates Press conferences War stories Qualitative research methodology keyword: ethical consideration journalism news media professionalism public relations practitioners responsibility war reporting ethical consideration journalism news media professionalism public relations practitioners responsibility war reporting ab: The study of journalism covers in broad perspectives the principles of reporting in various situations, whether in normal time based on events and press conferences or during news breaking in times of crisis, conflicts or disasters. In this instance, journalists are expected to perform their duty without fear or favour, but with responsibility and ethical considerations. In other words, the journalists need to be professional in their job. Nevertheless, one dimension that involves great discretion, diligence and thoughtful analysis on the part of the journalists is during the reporting of conflicts, for instance war, whether the war news is in their country or another. Studies have shown that government, diplomats, military and humanitarian aid agencies are increasingly affected by the news media through the issues, people and countries the media choose to highlight in war stories. Indeed, the media are seen to have great potential to have enormous influence over decisions and public opinion as well as national and international agenda. Using a qualitative research methodology, the paper seeks to discover the extent the media in Malaysia are professional in their reporting of war stories, especially when they themselves come from a non-warring country. At this juncture, it is also interesting to find out the nature of the news sources and journalists relationship and the extent of professional values they uphold. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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