Challenges of Media Ethics Education in Lebanon in the Midst of Political and Economic Pressure

Autor/inn/en	Bou Zeid, Maria; El-Khoury, Jessica R.
Titel	Challenges of Media Ethics Education in Lebanon in the Midst of Political and Economic Pressure
Quelle	In: Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 75 (2020) 3, S.275-290 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bou Zeid, Maria) ORCID (El-Khoury, Jessica R.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-6958
DOI	10.1177/1077695819895681
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Ethical Instruction; Journalism Education; Mass Media; Moral Values; Student Attitudes; College Students; Lebanon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Massenmedien; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Libanon
Abstract	The Lebanese media sector has played a pioneering role in the Arab world due to its free and diverse system. However, the lack of professional and ethical structures in journalistic practices can be attributed to political and economic pressures. Through both a quantitative and qualitative methodology, this study contributes to the complex boundaries of the Lebanese media landscape that make the gap between media ethics education and real-world pressures in need of sustained analysis. This research aims to explore the challenges media ethics education in Lebanon faces, along with the perceptions formed by media students about journalistic practices and the application of moral reasoning in the field. In addition, the study investigates whether media ethics courses prepare students for settling moral dilemmas in the professional arena. To address the multiple factors affecting ethics education, it is significant to understand the relationship between journalists and power, democratic norms, technological change, global community, and academic critiques. Survey and focus groups results indicated that the majority of students rated moral reasoning as important for their future media professions, and that the media ethics course prepares them for professional life. On the other hand, the majority believe that the corrupt system in Lebanon makes journalists resort to unethical practices which in turn compromise journalists' credibility and integrity. Students consider that journalists have power as the so-called fourth estate, yet that power seems minimal when journalists lack the freedom to write facts without fear from editors and/or gatekeepers' political views, economic pressure, and on-the-job demands, placing journalistic integrity again at stake. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01