Transparency and journalistic ethics: analysis of deontological codes in the largest Latin American news markets
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https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2021.233.08Abstract
Transparency has been an unavoidable topic in public debate since the 1980s as a rescue of part of the credibility lost by institutions. The clamor for transparency extends beyond governments and reaches the corporate environment, including the media. In this paper, we analyze the presence of transparency and accountability in 20 codes of ethics of the largest consumer markets in Latin America. The results show that, in general, the willingness to be more transparent is concentrated on superficial aspects. Latin American codes of ethics rarely encourage journalists to describe production processes and are still a long way from media accountability.
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