Ethics of citizen participation in the digital journalistic discourse

Authors

  • Jesús Cruz-Álvarez El profesional de la información
  • Juan-Carlos Suárez-Villegas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.jul.07

Keywords:

Internet, Journalism, Citizen participation, Ethics, Public opinion, Deontology, Social networks.

Abstract

The journalism profession is facing a new digital communication environment in which traditional information flows, emanating from the media to the general public unidirectionally, are reversed under the new channels of participation and influence that audiences, which are active and dynamic on the network, use to take part in shaping public opinion. In this paperwe describe and analyze some of the citizens´ information practices and the ethical dilemmas posed about journalism and the right to information.

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Published

2012-07-26

How to Cite

Cruz-Álvarez, J., & Suárez-Villegas, J.-C. (2012). Ethics of citizen participation in the digital journalistic discourse. Profesional De La información, 21(4), 375–380. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.jul.07

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Non research articles