Questões Éticas e Deontológicas do Jornalismo (not translated)
Code
722001111
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Carla Baptista
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a)To understand and distinguish between the concepts of Ethics, Moral and Deontology;
b)To know the content and origin of the different codes of ethics and its role in the journalism professionalization process. Discuss other forms of internal and external regulation, such as press councils, legal recommendations, normative internal rules and ombudsman;
c)To discuss the fundaments of the main journalistic ethical values: the truth as a primary duty and the respect of human dignity as the limit;
d)To understand the decision making process based in ethics and its imbrications with the cultural and social contexts and values of the community; the Law, the
Moral, the cultural identity of the newsrooms organizations and the expectations of the public;
e)To differentiate from an ethical and a non ethical behavior or decision in the process of journalism thinking and making;
f)To develop a critical ethical awareness through the discussion of several case studies applicable to journalism.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
This seminar discusses the relevance and the applicability of ethics to the journalistic field.
1. Journalistic ethics and professional deontology. Origin and limitations of the self-regulation journalistic mechanisms: press councils, editorial norms, ethical councils, ombudsman, ethical codes and others;
2. The place for external regulation: political systems and media systems; different forms of state intervention; the public service;
3. The journalist in the media system: the commitment with the public and the freedom of the press as a freedom of refusal and proposal;
4. The social responsibility of the media: forms of media accountability;
5. The future of journalism ethics in the context of the modern communication practices: the need to a permanent ethical questioning in an individual perspective (an ethics of free individuals); professional (inside media organizations) and social.
Bibliography
BERTRAND, Claude-Jean (1997), La Déontologie des Medias, Paris : PUF.
BOUGNOUX, Daniel (1995), La Communication contre l Information, Paris: Hachette.
CAMPONEZ, Carlos (2011), Deontologia do Jornalismo, Coimbra: Almedina.
CORNU, Daniel (1994), Journalisme et Vérité - pour une éthique de linformation, Lausanne : Labor et Fides.
ELLIOT, D. Cohen; Elliot, Deni (1997), Contemporary Ethical Issues, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.
FIDALGO, Joaquim (2009), O Lugar da Ética e da Auto-Regulação na Identidade Profissional dos Jornalistas, Lisboa : Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
FROST, Chris (2011), Journalism Ethics and Regulation, Longman: London.
MESQUITA, Mário (2003), O Quarto Equívoco o Poder dos Media na Sociedade Contemporânea, Coimbra : Minerva.
PINA, Sara (2011), Media e Leis Penais, Coimbra: Almedina.
Teaching method
Teaching methodologies are divided in three: theoretical exposition of the recommended readings; analysis and discussion of journalistic materials from different media (press, radio, television and internet); presentation of practical cases involving journalistic coverage and posing one or several ethical challenges.
Evaluation method
Evaluation is accomplished through an oral presentation during class (later, a written text should also be presented) of a journalistic practical case questioning an ethical standard (50%); a scientist article or essay resulting from the developing of that presented ethical problematic (50%).