Open AccessPress freedom, ethics and the Constitution
Author(s) -
David Robie
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v3i2.583
Subject(s) - freedom of the press , constitution , publishing , project commissioning , power (physics) , political science , law , media ethics , journalism , ethical code , public relations , sociology , media studies , politics , physics , quantum mechanics
Do journalists need to make a stand? As tellers of the truth and watchdogs, do those in the news media need to decide whether they are the agents of power -- or of the people? And how is the journalists' code of ethics upheld? These are crucial questions about freedom of the press.