Question

Which part of the news media do you rely on most? Which would you say you trust the most? Should all news-oriented media use the same journalistic standards in determining what to broadcast or publish?

Answer 1

The news about the news media has mostly been discouraging in recent years: Americans have expressed declining trust in reporting, and worry that "fake" news and misinformation are on the rise. And despite a growing number of sources from which to get their news, a majority of the U.S. public says it's harder to be well-informed and to determine which information is accurate.

The survey, conducted by Gallup and supported by the Knight Journalism Foundation and other nonprofit organizations, found that Americans still believe by a wide margin that the news media is critical or important to democracy. More than 80 percent said the media ensures its consumers have the knowledge they need to be informed and to hold leaders accountable. Participants said they place the greatest trust in national network news and local and national newspapers to provide mostly accurate and politically balanced news.

The move from traditional sources of news like television and printed newspapers is particularly clear if we look at differences between age groups. There are very clear generational divides. Asked to identify their main source of news, online comes out number one in every age group under 45 — and for those under 25, social media are by now more popular than television.

47% still say they go directly to the websites of broadcasters or newspapers for their news, but online, people increasingly find news via the various search (20%) and social media (25%) services offered by US-based platform companies like Google and Facebook.

Media ethics is the subdivision of applied ethics dealing with the specific ethical principles and standards of media, including broadcast media, film, theatre, the arts, print media and the internet. The field covers many varied and highly controversial topics, ranging from war journalism to Benetton ad campaigns.

Media ethics involves promoting and defending values such as a universal respect for life and the rule of law and legality.

Literature regarding the ways in which specifically the Internet impacts media ethics in journalism online is scarce, thereby complicating the idea for a universal code of media ethics

Like many broader ethical systems, journalism ethics include the principle of "limitation of harm". This often involves the withholding of certain details from reports such as the names of minor children, crime victims' names or information not materially related to particular news reports release of which might, for example, harm someone's reputation

News organisations today are competing for attention in an ever-more competitive and constantly changing media environment. No one can take their audience for granted. the battle for attention is a central challenge for journalism because its public role is premised on connecting with an audience – as is the business model of private news media and the legitimacy of public service media.

Thus  news-oriented media use the same journalistic standards in determining what to broadcast or publish