121-0345/01 – Journalistic ethics (NOE)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Economics JournalismCredits3
Subject guarantordoc. PhDr. PaedDr. Milan Sekanina, CSc.Subject version guarantordoc. PhDr. PaedDr. Milan Sekanina, CSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2010/2011Year of cancellation2016/2017
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
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SEK16 doc. PhDr. PaedDr. Milan Sekanina, CSc.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit 1+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

to judge aspects of media internal regulation to give strengths and weaknesses of professional ethics application in practice to evaluate ethical principles in practice to compare media discourse of chosen countries

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars

Summary

Compulsory literature:

Fink, C. (1995): Media Ethics. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Recommended literature:

Feintuck, M. (1999): Media Regulation, Public Interest and the Law.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

are not other requirements for students

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to the aspects of internal regulation (self regulation) of media as part of the normative framework of media systems of individual nation-states. 2. Theory of journalistic ethics (as part of applied and professional ethics) 3. Application of theoretical knowledge in practice. 4. Analyses of actual ethically questionable cases from the Czech media discourse and media discourses of the chosen countries (especially Great Britain, the United States of America or the Federal Republic of Germany. 5. Codification of ethical principles in the Czech media system. 6. Comparison of ethical codes of the chosen Czech media with media abroad.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2010/2011 Winter semester, validity until: 2016/2017 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation Credit 85  85 3
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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2015/2016 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (N6202) Economic Policy and Administration (6202T095) Economics and Law in Journalism P Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

Block nameAcademic yearForm of studyStudy language YearWSType of blockBlock owner

Assessment of instruction



2015/2016 Winter