INTRODUCTION: Media accountability

The sole aim of media is to make as much money as they can. Or again, the media are to serve only the people in power, political or economic. If you agree to that, you might as well stop reading this. This issue of Pacific Journalism Review is predicated on the principle that media should serve the...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:df4a98b953604fd5a98ac2a1dca57c332021-12-02T11:07:33ZINTRODUCTION: Media accountability10.24135/pjr.v11i2.8371023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/df4a98b953604fd5a98ac2a1dca57c332005-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/837https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 The sole aim of media is to make as much money as they can. Or again, the media are to serve only the people in power, political or economic. If you agree to that, you might as well stop reading this. This issue of Pacific Journalism Review is predicated on the principle that media should serve the public. Journalists can only achieve that if they enjoy independence from financial and political pressures. It is not often enough underlined that they cannot enjoy that independence without the support of the public, the masses of voters and consumers. There is no way the profession can obtain public support unless it listens to readers/listeners/viewers— unless it is accountable to them. Claude-Jean BertrandAsia Pacific Networkarticleethicsm*a*smedia accountabilitymedia accountability systemsmedia councilsmedia freedomCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2005)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic ethics
m*a*s
media accountability
media accountability systems
media councils
media freedom
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle ethics
m*a*s
media accountability
media accountability systems
media councils
media freedom
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Claude-Jean Bertrand
INTRODUCTION: Media accountability
description The sole aim of media is to make as much money as they can. Or again, the media are to serve only the people in power, political or economic. If you agree to that, you might as well stop reading this. This issue of Pacific Journalism Review is predicated on the principle that media should serve the public. Journalists can only achieve that if they enjoy independence from financial and political pressures. It is not often enough underlined that they cannot enjoy that independence without the support of the public, the masses of voters and consumers. There is no way the profession can obtain public support unless it listens to readers/listeners/viewers— unless it is accountable to them.
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