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Role of Education and Work Experience in Journalists Perception about Journalism Codes of Ethics

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  • Nafise E Motlagh
  • Md Salleh Bin Hj Hassan
  • Jusang Bin Bolong
  • Mohd. Nizam Osman

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This study examines the role of work experience and education in ethical perception of Malaysian journalists (N =231). Results show that there is big numbers of journalists (more than half of the respondents) who have unfavorable attitude towards journalism codes of ethics. They beilieve that journalism codes of ethics do not decrease the journalist’s mistakes effectively, and can not be formulated in a certain canon or principals. Meanwhile majority of them think journalists can use any method or technique to obtain news if it is essentially important for public including unfair methods like hidden camera and hidden voice recorder. However, the results shows, there is no significant difference between ethical perception of journalists who studied journalism/ media and those who did not. While there is a significant correlation between journalists’ ethical perception and their work experince; the more experience they have, the more favorable perception they have regarding to journalism codes of ethics.

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  • Nafise E Motlagh & Md Salleh Bin Hj Hassan & Jusang Bin Bolong & Mohd. Nizam Osman, 2013. "Role of Education and Work Experience in Journalists Perception about Journalism Codes of Ethics," International Journal of Asian Social Science, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 3(8), pages 1819-1828.
    • Handle: RePEc:asi:ijoass:v:3:y:2013:i:8:p:1819-1828:id:2536
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