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The Moral Obligations of a Christian Journalist

Author(s): Jan Motal, Michaela Vetešková
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Communication studies, Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Journalism; Christianity; Media Ethics; Community; Personalism; Individualism; Professionalism;

Summary/Abstract: The present study focuses on the problem of compatibility between the Christian faith and journalistic ethics. It conceptualizes journalism in terms of professional ideology (Mark Deuze) and presents its key components (public service, objectivity, independence, immediacy, ethics). It shows how this ideology is linked to "high modernity" (D. C. Hallin) and how its imperative of impartiality and distance is at odds with a Christian conception of communication. It then uses empirical material (in­‑depth interviews with two Czech.

  • Issue Year: XXV/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 137-157
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Czech
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