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Toward a humanistic turn for a more ethical journalism

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ID7477458
AuthorsPerry Parks (0000-0003-3958-6793, Michigan State University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume21
Issue9
Pages1229-1245
Publication date2019-12-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884919894778
OpenAlexW2998689581
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited33

This article argues that the social scientific epistemology that has dominated journalism for the past half-century has devalued the moral implications of public affairs and deprived citizens of the ethical tools necessary to make humane political decisions. Reviewing the contingent history of the integration of journalistic and social scientific methods leading to journalism’s computational turn, the essay calls for a humanistic reconceptualization away from journalists’ role as political interpreters toward a comparable role as moral interpreters

Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanism · Interpreter · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Law · Philosophy

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Unique citing works20
Citations per year3,33
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 20

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