Open AccessMedia ethics in elections
Author(s) -
Richard Naidu
Publication year - 2001
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.v7i1.704
Subject(s) - project commissioning , publishing , context (archaeology) , power (physics) , political science , media studies , set (abstract data type) , sociology , public relations , law , history , computer science , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , programming language
The context of an election makes little difference to the way the journalist practises his or her profession. The basics are all the same. We do not adopt a different set of values because a group of politicians are vying for power.