Role of journalists' gender, work experience and education in ethical decision making
This research was conducted to determine the role of journalists’ gender, work experience and education in their ethical decisions in uncertain situations. The instrument used was structured and self-administered questionnaire. This quantitative descriptive study selected 231 full-time Malaysian jou...
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| author | Motlagh, Nafise E. Hassan, Md. Salleh Bolong, Jusang Osman, Mohd Nizam |
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| description | This research was conducted to determine the role of journalists’ gender, work experience and education in their ethical decisions in uncertain situations. The instrument used was structured and self-administered questionnaire. This quantitative descriptive study selected 231 full-time Malaysian journalists from five highly-circulated newspapers in April 2011. Non-probability sampling (convenience) was applied to collect the data and to estimate the characteristics of the whole population. The results showed that more than half (51.8%) of the 228 journalists made unfair decisions about seven short presumptive statuses, which were designed based on the Malaysia National Union of Journalists’ codes of ethics. According to this study, neither gender nor journalism education made any difference in journalists’ ethical decisions. The findings also showed the more work experience the journalists had, the more fair decisions they made in uncertain situations. |
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| spelling | upm-278802017-10-23T05:45:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27880/ Role of journalists' gender, work experience and education in ethical decision making Motlagh, Nafise E. Hassan, Md. Salleh Bolong, Jusang Osman, Mohd Nizam This research was conducted to determine the role of journalists’ gender, work experience and education in their ethical decisions in uncertain situations. The instrument used was structured and self-administered questionnaire. This quantitative descriptive study selected 231 full-time Malaysian journalists from five highly-circulated newspapers in April 2011. Non-probability sampling (convenience) was applied to collect the data and to estimate the characteristics of the whole population. The results showed that more than half (51.8%) of the 228 journalists made unfair decisions about seven short presumptive statuses, which were designed based on the Malaysia National Union of Journalists’ codes of ethics. According to this study, neither gender nor journalism education made any difference in journalists’ ethical decisions. The findings also showed the more work experience the journalists had, the more fair decisions they made in uncertain situations. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27880/1/Role%20of%20Journalists%E2%80%99%20Gender%2C%20Work%20Experience%20and%20Education%20in.pdf Motlagh, Nafise E. and Hassan, Md. Salleh and Bolong, Jusang and Osman, Mohd Nizam (2013) Role of journalists' gender, work experience and education in ethical decision making. Asian Social Science, 9 (9). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/27601 10.5539/ass.v9n9p1 |
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| title | Role of journalists' gender, work experience and education in ethical decision making |
| title_full | Role of journalists' gender, work experience and education in ethical decision making |
| title_fullStr | Role of journalists' gender, work experience and education in ethical decision making |
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