Journalistic Practices, Role Perceptions and Ethics in Democratisation Conflicts: Empirical Findings from Interviews with Journalists in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa
Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 82 pp.
ISSN 2057-4002
"This report provides an overview of core comparative findings from MeCoDEM interviews with journalists in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa. It investigates the role of journalistic actors in transitional societies across a set of comparable democratisation conflicts and themes of inquiry: journalistic work practices, role perceptions, and ethical principles and dilemmas. Empirically, the study builds on qualitative semi-structured face-to face in-depth interviews with 100 professional journalists working for local news organisations in the four countries." (Executive summary)
1 Introduction, 3
2 Research interest and conceptual background, 3
3 Methodology, 7
4 Findings, 10
4.1 Journalistic work practices, 11
4.2 Journalistic role perceptions, 40
4.3 Ethical orientations, 51
5. Conclusion and Outlook, 70
2 Research interest and conceptual background, 3
3 Methodology, 7
4 Findings, 10
4.1 Journalistic work practices, 11
4.2 Journalistic role perceptions, 40
4.3 Ethical orientations, 51
5. Conclusion and Outlook, 70
