Media ethics
Media ethics web resources
- Media Ethics resources on WWW
- Produced by University of British Columbia's Centre for Applied Ethics, this page has links to media-related institutions and organisations, to online journals and to specific media ethics topics.
- Yahoo! Media Ethics and Accountability
- Search engine Yahoo! has a good number of useful links in its Media Ethics and Accountability directory.
- EthicNet
- EthicNet is a pretty comprehensive databank offering basic information on media ethics for journalism students and teachers in the form of a collection of codes of journalism ethics from most of the European countries, translated into English.
- Media Ethics Bibliography
- Links to online resources and a bibliography of books published on the topic.
- FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
- 'FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, FAIR believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information.'
- Institute for Public Accuracy
- 'As a nationwide consortium of policy researchers, the Institute for Public Accuracy seeks to broaden public discourse by gaining media access for those whose perspectives are commonly drowned out by corporate-backed think tanks and other influential institutions.'
From the site you can access IPA articles and news releases.
- Ethics in Journalism
- Hosted by the Society of Professional Journalists, this site has their Code of Ethics and other resources such as a news service and news archives.
- Poynter Online: Ethics & Diversity
- The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalists. The ethics page has many useful resources such as the Tip sheets.
- Accuracy in media
- 'Accuracy In Media: for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting, is a non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage.'
- Advertising Standards Authority
- 'The ASA is the independent, self-regulatory body for non-broadcast advertisements in the UK. We administer the British Codes of Advertising and Sales Promotion to ensure that ads are legal, decent, honest and truthful'.
- Ofcom
- Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
Media ethics book resources
For books in the Library on media ethics, check the Library Catalogue under the Subject Heading
Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.
Media ethics in Australia - web resources
- Advertising Federation of Australia Code of Ethics
- Standards of behaviour for people working in the advertising industry, including complaints procedures. From this site you can download the complete code Ethics at work in .pdf format.
- Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)
- ACMA is a statutory authority within the federal government portfolio of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. ACMA is responsible for the regulation of: broadcasting; the internet; radiocommunications; and telecommunications.
ACMA was established on 1 July 2005 by the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Australian Communications Authority.
ACMA works closely with relevant industries to achieve active self-regulation, while ensuring industry compliance with licence conditions, codes and standards. ACMA monitors the effect of regulations to ensure they are responsive to the community's needs.
- Australian Press Council
- The Australian Press Council is the self-regulatory body of the print media. It was established in 1976 with two main aims: to help preserve the traditional freedom of the press within Australia and ensure that the free press acts responsibly and ethically.
To carry out its latter function, it serves as a forum to which anyone may take a complaint concerning the press.
- Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance
- MEAA is the trade union of the Australian Journalists' Association. Their website has lots to offer, for example, the Media Alliance Code of Ethics.
Media ethics in Australia - book resources
For books in the Library on media ethics from an Australian viewpoint, check the Library Catalogue under the Subject Heading
Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects--Australia.
 This page was created and is maintained by Alan Keig
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