Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. / Adviser: Donald Shaw. Includes bibliographical references.

<p><strong>Title: </strong>Ethics in thought and practice – a qualitative study in how editorial staff at student magazines reason about ethics. (Etik i tanke och praktik – en kvalitativ studie i hur studenttidningsredaktioner resonerar kring etik)</p><p><strong>Number of pages: </strong>30 (37 including enclosures)<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Bianca Gideback<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Tutor: </strong>Peder Hård af Segerstad<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Course: </strong>Media and Communication studies C<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Period: </strong>Spring 2010<strong></strong></p><p><strong>University: </strong>Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science,</p><p>Uppsala University.</p><p><strong>Purpose/Aim: </strong>The purpose of this study is to explore how students that work at student magazines reason about ethics of journalism and how they transform it into practice. By identifying what circumstances in the context of the student magazine that can affect the work this study aim to see if and how this can affect how they conform to ethics of journalism in practical situations. The result will be presented in relation to a figure of the context of the reporter practice. The figure contains four different aspects that can affect the work of a journalist. These are ideals, values, conditions, and consequences.</p><p><strong>Material/Method: </strong>The materials consist of four interviews with the editors in chief of four student magazines in Uppsala.<strong> </strong>Two of the magazines are union magazines, the union of Uppsala economic students and the union of Uppsala law students. One is a magazine that belongs to Norrlands nation and one belongs to the Uppsala student union. The interviews aim to find out opinions and ideas the editors have about their own ethical approach.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Main results: </strong>There is awareness about ethics and certain ways the editorial staff work with it, but it’s not always adapted to the actual work. Because of different reasons in the context the magazine is created in, the work sometimes get affected. Responsibility is one main thing that can affect how ethical they choose to be, and since the students often work voluntarily this can affect the work. The content of the magazine is not always so extreme and controversial so in some extent the magazines can afford not to be so ethical all the time.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Ethics of journalism, editorial staff, student magazine, ideals, values, conditions, consequences.</p>

Title: Ethics in thought and practice – a qualitative study in how editorial staff at student magazines reason about ethics. (Etik i tanke och praktik – en kvalitativ studie i hur studenttidningsredaktioner resonerar kring etik) Number of pages: 30 (37 including enclosures) Author: Bianca Gideback Tutor: Peder Hård af Segerstad Course: Media and Communication studies C Period: Spring 2010 University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University. Purpose/Aim: The purpose of this study is to explore how students that work at student magazines reason about ethics of journalism and how they transform it into practice. By identifying what circumstances in the context of the student magazine that can affect the work this study aim to see if and how this can affect how they conform to ethics of journalism in practical situations. The result will be presented in relation to a figure of the context of the reporter practice. The figure contains four different aspects that can affect the work of a journalist. These are ideals, values, conditions, and consequences. Material/Method: The materials consist of four interviews with the editors in chief of four student magazines in Uppsala. Two of the magazines are union magazines, the union of Uppsala economic students and the union of Uppsala law students. One is a magazine that belongs to Norrlands nation and one belongs to the Uppsala student union. The interviews aim to find out opinions and ideas the editors have about their own ethical approach. Main results: There is awareness about ethics and certain ways the editorial staff work with it, but it’s not always adapted to the actual work. Because of different reasons in the context the magazine is created in, the work sometimes get affected. Responsibility is one main thing that can affect how ethical they choose to be, and since the students often work voluntarily this can affect the work. The content of the magazine is not always so extreme and controversial so in some extent the magazines can afford not to be so ethical all the time. Keywords: Ethics of journalism, editorial staff, student magazine, ideals, values, conditions, consequences.

<p>Trovärdighet är inte ett givet ting inom samhällets ramar. Det krävs en ömsesidig relationsuppbyggnad mellan parterna. Syftet var att belysa tidningsutgivarnas legitimitet i förhållande till innehållet i tidningen. Studien genomfördes med kvalitativ metod och avsåg två fallstudieobjekt, en morgontidning och en kvällstidning. Dessa var Göteborgs-Posten och Göteborgs-Tidningen. Teoretiska frågeställningar kring legitimitet var definitionen av legitimitet, påverkan, faktorer för hög respektive låg trovärdighet, nyhetsartiklarnas komponenter samt dagordningsfunktionen. Slutsatsen är att de båda fallstudieobjekten är legitima men på olika sätt. Ett gemensamt element är att varken dagstidningar eller kvällstidningar föreföll tro helt och fullt på "objektiv information".</p><p> </p> / <p>Credibility is not a given thing in society. It requires a mutual relationship between the parties. The purpose of this study was to illuminate newspaper legitimacy in relation to media content. The study used a qualitative approach and comprised two case studies, one morning- newspaper and one evening paper, which were the Göteborgs-Posten and the Göteborgs-Tidningen. The main theoretical issues concerning legitimacy were the definitions of legitimacy, impacts, factors of high and low credibility, news components and agenda setting. The conclusion was that both newspapers shared a degree of legitimacy, but with different implications. Neither the morning nor the evening paper seemed to believe whole-heartedly in objective information.</p>

Trovärdighet är inte ett givet ting inom samhällets ramar. Det krävs en ömsesidig relationsuppbyggnad mellan parterna. Syftet var att belysa tidningsutgivarnas legitimitet i förhållande till innehållet i tidningen. Studien genomfördes med kvalitativ metod och avsåg två fallstudieobjekt, en morgontidning och en kvällstidning. Dessa var Göteborgs-Posten och Göteborgs-Tidningen. Teoretiska frågeställningar kring legitimitet var definitionen av legitimitet, påverkan, faktorer för hög respektive låg trovärdighet, nyhetsartiklarnas komponenter samt dagordningsfunktionen. Slutsatsen är att de båda fallstudieobjekten är legitima men på olika sätt. Ett gemensamt element är att varken dagstidningar eller kvällstidningar föreföll tro helt och fullt på "objektiv information". / Credibility is not a given thing in society. It requires a mutual relationship between the parties. The purpose of this study was to illuminate newspaper legitimacy in relation to media content. The study used a qualitative approach and comprised two case studies, one morning- newspaper and one evening paper, which were the Göteborgs-Posten and the Göteborgs-Tidningen. The main theoretical issues concerning legitimacy were the definitions of legitimacy, impacts, factors of high and low credibility, news components and agenda setting. The conclusion was that both newspapers shared a degree of legitimacy, but with different implications. Neither the morning nor the evening paper seemed to believe whole-heartedly in objective information.