Journalistic ethics: Development Trends

Abstract

In the 20th century, we could see four periods of heightened interest in journalistic ethics: 1920s, 1940s, 1960s – 1970s, and the beginning of 1990s. Two main concepts of media ethics have been challenging each other: the libertarian theory and the social responcibility theory. Today, we see major changes in our society as well as in mass media. New ideas may soon be required in journalistic ethics.