tab / uni maribor ws 07/ 08 ethics and culture in journalism a question of: -professionality...
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tab / uni maribor ws 07/ 08
ETHICS AND CULTURE IN JOURNALISMETHICS AND CULTURE IN JOURNALISM
A question of: - Professionality
- Competence
- Personality
- Media Environment
(Organization, Audience)
- Social Environment
- Political Environment
(Political System, Political Culture)
A question of: - Professionality
- Competence
- Personality
- Media Environment
(Organization, Audience)
- Social Environment
- Political Environment
(Political System, Political Culture)
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group - pressureorganizationhierarchypolicyreligionmarketsneeds of audience
primary socialisationsecundary socialisationcapacitiesskillsexperiencemotivation
lawlegacy vslegitimitystatutesprofessionalstandardscodex
informal normsforce of circumstances
professional norms"conscience"
formal norms"rules"
Model of journalistic moralcultural ethos
ethics
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Journalistic moral in field of tension of different rationalitiesJournalistic moral in field of tension of different rationalities
powerinfluenceprofitcalculation
truthtruthfulnesscorrectnesstransparencyagreement
communica
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rationality
responsibilityfreedomservice to public interestethical rationality
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Areas of Competence of Scientific Media StudiesAreas of Competence of Scientific Media Studies
Praxeology
Analysis/Interpretation
Practice Pragmatics
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Social Factors of Destinction of Media UseSocial Factors of Destinction of Media Use
Individual‘s position in social hierarchy:Lifestyle-Model (Rosengreen)Capital Theory (Bourdieu)- Positional and individual indicators influence the
Handling of media- Media menus and media knowledge used as
means of keeping or improving the social position
Criteria:Work- orientation (accumulation of cultural capital)Meaning (use of media as a character of distinction and identity management
(Source: Meyen, Michael (2007): Medienwissen und Medienmenüs als kulturelles Kapital und Distinktionsmerkmale. In: Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft 3/2007, 333-354)
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Media User Typology
(Source: Meyen, Michael (2007): Medienwissen und Medienmenüs als kulturelles Kapital und Distinktionsmerkmale. In: Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft 3/2007, 333-354 )
Media User Typology
(Source: Meyen, Michael (2007): Medienwissen und Medienmenüs als kulturelles Kapital und Distinktionsmerkmale. In: Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft 3/2007, 333-354 )
The dutiful onesDie Pflichtbewussten
The independent onesDie Unabhängigen
Work Orientation / Arbeitsorientierung
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The frugal onesDie Genügsamen
The consumersDie Konsumenten
The hooversDie Profis
The elitistsDie Elitären
The epicursDie Hedonisten
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COMMUNICATION SPACE EUROPECOMMUNICATION SPACE EUROPE
European Public Sphere under Conditions of Cultural DiversityEuropean Public Sphere under Conditions of Cultural Diversity
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- GOAL -- GOAL -
2. Getting aware that media management is a platform of developing society
and shaping the communicational culture through media
4. Getting aware of similarities / differences between categories and positions
of analysis
5. In reference to different structures and cultures
3. Getting reminded of the societal and cultural impacts and responsibility
working with and in media management
1. Realizing that media management is depending from knowledge of cultural
conditions of usage of media
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- Referencies -- Referencies -
2. Hallin, Daniel C. / Mancini, Paolo: Drei Modelle von Medien und politischer Kultur in Europa. Grundlegenede Überlegungen zu einer komparativen europäischen Journalismusforschung. In: Kopper/Mancini,2003: 11 - 28
3. Löffelholz, Martin (ed.) (2000): Theorien des Journalismus.
Ein diskursives Handbuch. Wiesbaden
4. Internationales Handbuch Medien, 2004/2005 ed. By Hans Bredow Institut für Medienforschung an der Universität Hamburg. Baden Baden
5. Gavranovic, Ante (2006): Medijska obratnica. Novi citatelji traze drugacije novine. Zagreb
1. Kopper, Gerd G. / Mancini, Paolo (eds) (2003):
Kulturen des Journalismus und politische Systeme. Berlin
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- MEDIA CULTURE (MC) -- MEDIA CULTURE (MC) -
The way and the mind how people use media in order to connect or to get connected to the environment of political and conversational discourses.
The question IS NOT: What does media do with people ?The question IS: What does people do with media ?
contextual consideration:
• Contemporaneous self-description: Media- (Communication-, Knowledge-) Society:
• There is no media-free existence of people, knowledge, events (medialized relevance)
• Interconnectivity of quality between media production (journalism), media consumption (public, recipient), socio-cultural environment, political environment
• MC always an integrative part of a society and its collective psychic structure / Analysis of media always is an analysis of the society and vice verse)
• MC also a product of specific historical development, of structural forms and of mentalities which reflect how the society deals with social conflicts or divergences.
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- EUROPEAN MEDIA ORDER -- EUROPEAN MEDIA ORDER -
now 27 nations
EU - Identiy building in progress: One Voice Europe?
structural conditions of political and social system
different languages
different cultural symbols
different historical conditions
mutual resentments (clichés)
TECHNOLOGY
Satellite covering 500 Mio. people, 40 states, 17 national languages
crossborder broadcasting (ARTE, Phönix,...)
digitalisation and media convergence
EU Policy
European media order in progress (Radio/TV)
European Commission
not yet a transnational order system -> developing (centralized) EU Media Order is limited!
European Council
with strong position
European Court of Human Rights
Media freedom is a part of freedom of opinion, must be secured by state through positive legislation
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- JOURNALISM CULTURE -- JOURNALISM CULTURE -
What are the main characteristics of the political structure of a country, which effect the media system – and vice verse ?
How does the form of democracy effect the media system?
Does the form of political participation correlate to the form how the media system is organized?
Are there important functional differences in media (print / TV) and does this relation effect the political system?
What is the degree of media literacy in a country (critical reading)?
Is there a self-referential reflection of media?Approximativ Theory of Difference in Media/Journalism Culture in Europe
measured at the for of relationship between media and politics
loosing specific character due to globalisation, commercialisation and secularisation
Comparison based on regions sharing common history and mutual influences!
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- JOURNALISM CULTURE at MEDITERRANEAN -- JOURNALISM CULTURE at MEDITERRANEAN -
Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal
weak bourgeoisie and capitalism, late industrialisation, strong aristocracy, strong clergy, late introduction of press freedom, low circulation, Journalism close to literature, politics and economy
press = intervention of politics,TV = gossipingnewspaper = politically oriented
Public broadcasting
pluralisation of ideologies
politics
Journalistic professionalism
based on 3 elements•patterns different from culture•existence of ethics•media entrepreneurs from journalistic branch
All in all
Mediterranean media culture follows a model of strong ideological direction, fundamental pluralism, controversial ad polarized public communication – both in political and in conversational formats.
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- JOURNALISM CULTURE at NORTH CENTRAL EUROPE -- JOURNALISM CULTURE at NORTH CENTRAL EUROPE -
Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, BeNeLux
democratic corporatistic way of cooperation between media and politics
Influential commercialists, high rate of alphabetisation, high circulation, coexistence of mighty and party newspapers, strong external pluralism, information-oriented approach
Public broadcasting
Differently structured (party political, institution-political, no party political influence, independent)
with strong position in public life (Austria)
strict regulation of commercial broadcasting
Journalistic professionalism
free accessibility, umbrella organisations
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- JOURNALISM CULTURE at WESTERN EUROPE -- JOURNALISM CULTURE at WESTERN EUROPE -
UK and Ireland (Anglo-American Model)
early developed market economy and consolidation of liberal capitalism
dominant commercial press, monetary power as background
considerably idealUS System
Press freedom above all principles, freedom as question of economical resources, commercial before journalistic interests
UK System
often party politically directed: Westminster System, independent broadcasting (BBC), no market regulation
For all of them
strong journalistic culture in form of self control within the media companies,
important independence of journalists within the news media
focus on journalistic education (early start in US) changes remarkable because of internationalisation and globalization
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- JOURNALISM CULTURE at Eastern Europe -- JOURNALISM CULTURE at Eastern Europe -
Baltic, Eastern Europe and South-Eastern Europe
long history of changeful belongingness to different cultures and administration systems
no national independences
40 years of societal and political system of communism
1990
breakdown of political system ->
• breaking apart of multinational political community• emerging of mutual hostility/national hate
Now
transition status with ambivalent feeling towards the European Union
media landscape
paralysed situation in structures and culture!
low media literacy level, mistrust against media and public/political institutions, isolated national media islands with hate speech, weak journalism culture due to few complete educated journalists causing a high tabloidization and flat but aggressive investigative journalism
media law work in progress, high foreign commercial participation
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- COMMUNICATION SPACE EUROPE -- COMMUNICATION SPACE EUROPE -
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Bauerwww.thomasbauer.at