Journalism ethics revisited: A comparison of ethics codes in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Muslim Asia

Formal journalism ethics, as laid out in codes of ethics by journalism associations and the like, is part of a wider debate on media ethics that has been triggered in the Middle East due to the advent of global media in the region. This study compares journalism codes from Europe and the Islamic world in order to revisit the widespread academic assumption of a deep divide between Western and Oriental philosophies of journalism that has played a role in many debates on political communication in the area. The analysis shows that there is a broad intercultural consensus that standards of truth and objectivity should be central values of journalism.

Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Edition: Political Communication 19
Year of Publication: 2002
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