Deontology of journalism and communication

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01010547
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods will be settled according to the Faculty's regulations and the number of students at the beginning of the school year. Generally speaking, lectures of theoretical components will be articulated with the presentation of student work and teacher-driven discussion about national and international ethics cases. We seek to complement the individual work, focused on the reading texts, with a reflection, questioning and critical discussion made by the students together during classes. This work will define in practice the concepts of ethics, morality and law.

Learning Outcomes

1. Highlight the importance and methods of self-regulation in a demanding context of responsibility of journalists in democratic societies;

2. Establish the basic tools for building reasoning based on the ethics of professional journalism and communication;

3. Provide an understanding of the values and means of accountability of journalists and the media.

4. Establish a thorough knowledge of the Code of Ethics of the Portuguese Journalists and reference international codes of conduct of journalism and communication.

5. Develop critical capabilities based on case analysis and studies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Brief conceptual distinction between Ethics, Law, Morals and Deontology.

2. Core values of journalism ethics.

3. MARS and different forms of regulation.

4. Case analysis based on ten points of the Code of Ethics of the Portuguese Journalists.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Carlos Costa dos Santos Camponez

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Aznar, H. (2005). Comunicação Responsável – A auto-regulação dos media. Porto Editora: Porto.

Bernier, M.-F. (1994). Éthique et Déontologie du Journalisme. Sainte-Foy: Presses Universitaires de Laval

Bertrand, C.-J. (2002). A Deontologia dos Media, Coimbra, MinervaCoimbra.

Camponez, C (2010). Deontologia do jornalismo. Coimbra: Almedina.

Gornu. D. (1997). Jornalismo e verdade – Para uma ética da informação. S.L.: Instituto Piaget.

Gisela. G. (2013). Ética das Relação Públicas. Coimbra: MinervaCoimbra

Guadarrama Rico, L. A. & Suárez Villegas, J. C. (2016). Cuestiones de ética de la comunicación. Madrid: Dykinson.

Javiera, M. & Romero, A. (2016). Ética de los médios de comunicación. Barcelona: Herder

Jiménez, R. (2016). Cien casos – A ética periodística em tempos de precariedade. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona.