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Citizen Journalism Practice: Ethical Dimension And Regulation

Auteurs : Kriket Aicha .

Résumé

The study aims to highlight the necessity of ethical regulation of citizen journalism, and by identifying the motives for this on the one hand, and on the other hand by defining the methods and mechanisms of this regulation, which are suggested forms in the study, to reach, in the end, a specific set of ethical principles, that Citizen journalism must be adhered to. The study found that the most important motives are related to defamation and lack of objectivity, accuracy, and credibility, violation of intellectual property rights, discrimination, and hate speech. As for the forms of ethical regulation, it ranges between codes of ethics and ethical codes for each of the social networking sites, blogs, and websites….etc.

Mots clés

ethics ; new media ; citizen journalism ; regulation