Deontologia dziennikarska mediów publicznych w kampanii wyborczej
Deontology of Public Media in the Election Campaign

Author(s): Franciszek Koszelnik
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: electoral law; election campaign; public media; ethics of journalism; personal interests
Summary/Abstract: Properly conducted media coverage of an election campaign is a condition and a safeguard of free and equal suffrage. Apart from legal regulations, it is also highly affected by journalistic professionalism and ethos. In the article, I contain an analysis of the relations between ethics and law binding the journalists during election campaigns. Next, I compile the ethical principles applicable to journalists during election campaigns. The emphasis is put on the deontology of the Polish national television.

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