Digital responsibility model for ethics in the algorithmic era

The study “Journalism Ethics for the Algorithmic Era” by Sejin Paik from University of Boston drew on Floridi’s (2014) framework to propose a framework for ethical standards for local newsrooms in the U.S. to account for the widespread use of algorithmic systems and platforms.  Ethical guidelines in the U.S. originate from the print era and … Continued

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Published: 8 Jun 2023
Picture: Golden Lady Justice, Bruges, Belgium by Emmanuel Huybrechts, licence CC BY 2.0, cropped, added brightness

ARTICLE: A broader understanding of ethics

We should examine journalism ethics from broader views than just looking at the principles of justice and harm, says a recent article by Steven Knowlton of Dublin City University and J. Christopher McKinley. Most of western ethics training is based on enlightment-era reason-based principles. In the research, news stories were studied also using moral principles … Continued

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Published: 26 Aug 2015