Minnesota News Council: Principles, Precedent, and Moral Authority

Ugland, Erik; Breslin, Jack

doi:10.1207/s15327728jmme1504_3

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“…Journalists have positioned their fiercely protected freedom from external oversight as a fundamental perquisite to the credibility of a "Fourth Estate" able to report impartial truth. authority is ambiguous at best (Ugland & Breslin, 2000). In short, journalists have staked a claim to autonomy on legal, ethical, and professional grounds, and have called it good.…”

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Shifting Roles, Enduring Values: The Credible Journalist in a Digital Age

Hayes

Singer

Ceppos

2007

Journal of Mass Media Ethics

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link SHIFTING ROLES, ENDURING VALUES: The CREDIBLE JOURNALIST in a DIGITAL AGEArthur S. Hayes, Jane B. Singer and Jerry Ceppos AbstractWhen everyone can be a publisher, what distinguishes the journalist? This article considers contemporary challenges to institutional roles in a digital media environment, then focuses on three broad journalistic normative values --authenticity, accountability and autonomy --that affect the credibility of both the journalist and the content he or she provides. A set of questions that can help citizens determine the trustworthiness of the information available to them also is provided. Roles and Values: 2

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Section: Autonomy: Internal and External Oversightmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shifting Roles, Enduring Values: The Credible Journalist in a Digital Age

Hayes

Singer

Ceppos

2007

Journal of Mass Media Ethics

163

105

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“…In media studies, complaints have been analyzed in the context of media accountability systems, mostly from an organizational perspective and in relation to the ethical principles involved in the production of news. Studies that focus on the performance of media accountability systems which are responsible for the handling of complaints (Frost, 2004; Ugland and Breslin, 2000) have, for example, identified the contribution of complaints to the ethical conduct of media organizations (Bertrand, 2000; Nauman, 1994) and their impact on public trust (Ettema and Glasser, 1987; Hartung et al, 1998). The few studies looking at public discontent (as manifested by letters of complaint) have identified the basic components of complaints and focused mainly on the complainers’ ethical and practical expectations from news organizations (Braman, 1988; Pritchard, 2000).…”

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Stop griping, start complaining: how public discontent can trigger a change in broadcast entertainment content

Daskal

Kampf

2015

Media, Culture & Society

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This study examines the conditions under which public manifestation of discontent can lead to changes in the broadcasting of offensive media content. Our analysis is based on ethnographic research within the ombudsman at a regulatory institution in Israel, on content analysis of 2142 complaints regarding perceived inappropriate broadcasted content between the years 2005 and 2010, and on an examination of public discourse surrounding controversial programs in Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Our analysis indicates that successful complaints share three conditions that collectively lead media organizations to amend broadcasted contents: the complaints name a socially sensitive identity within a specific broadcasting culture, the complaints are numerous and represent diversified public sectors, and the complaints are accompanied by a heated public debate around the perceived offence. We elaborate on each of these conditions and conclude by discussing the effectiveness of public complaints as a discursive device in participatory culture.

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“…Precedent was also the focus of a study by Ugland and Breslin (2001) that examined all of the written opinions of the MNC. Their article looked at whether the MNC was consistent in applying its own precedents in subsequent rulings.…”

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The legitimacy and moral authority of the National News Council (USA)

Ugland

2008

Journalism

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As an institution designed to resolve disputes between the public and the American news media and to assess the ethical standards of the mainstream media, the National News Council (1973-84) was, at least in the USA, a ground-breaking institution. This study suggests, however, that the Council's work was anything but revolutionary, and that it probably did more to entrench the received tenets of American journalism than to either validate or refashion them. By applying a conventional set of ethical standards in its resolution of disputes, by repeatedly emphasizing the First Amendment rights of the media respondents, by violating its by-laws and allowing the media members of the Council to dominate its membership, and by ruling in the vast majority of cases against the public complainants, the Council's work provides grist for those who might question its legitimacy and its value as a model of authentic press-public collaboration.

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Minnesota News Council: Principles, Precedent, and Moral Authority

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Shifting Roles, Enduring Values: The Credible Journalist in a Digital Age

Shifting Roles, Enduring Values: The Credible Journalist in a Digital Age

Stop griping, start complaining: how public discontent can trigger a change in broadcast entertainment content

The legitimacy and moral authority of the National News Council (USA)

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