Toward Global Ethics

Exploring the Perspectives of Local Media Stakeholders

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ID16564005
AuthorsOladokun Omojola (0000-0001-8362-4588, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume29
Issue2
Pages173-187
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEcquid Novi African Journalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0256-0054 • E-ISSN: 1942-0773
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02560054.2008.9653383
OpenAlexW2048175572
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited45

The search for global media ethics is ongoing. This search is also relevant for Africa. However, much of the search concerns re-conceptualizing the traditional ethical principles, while emphasizing fresh philosophical foundations that use indigenous values alongside global principles. This paper contends that in addition to scholars and journalists – the only visible self-motivated search enthusiasts - no fewer than seven other active players exist, and the interests of these players (news makers, media content consumers, media users, government/media regulators, media owners, media NGOs and professional associations) are instrumental in the on-going global efforts to seek global media ethics. Careful articulation of the stakeholders’ perspectives, to avoid conflict with any eventual broad-based principles, will ensure that the search for a global ethics from the continent is not lost on the path to reality. Keywords: Afrocentricism, Afrocomplementarism, Global Media Ethics, Nigeria, Performance, Stakeholders

Articulation (sociology · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Information and Communications Technology · Journalism · Media coverage · Media ethics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts

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