El complejo estatuto de la autorregulación periodística. Entre el intervencionismo estatal y la desregulación

  1. Vicente J. Navarro Marchante
  2. Rodrigo Fidel Rodríguez Borges
Buch:
La Comunicación Social, en estado crítico. Entre el mercado y la comunicación para la libertad: actas del II Congreso Internacional Latina de Comunicación Social
  1. José Manuel Pestano Rodríguez (coord.)
  2. Samuel Toledano Buendía (coord.)
  3. Alberto Isaac Ardèvol Abreu (coord.)
  4. Ciro Enrique Hernández Rodríguez (coord.)

Verlag: Sociedad Latina de Comunicación Social

ISBN: 978-84-938428-0-2

Datum der Publikation: 2010

Seiten: 16

Kongress: Congreso Internacional Latina de Comunicación Social (2. 2010. La Laguna)

Art: Konferenz-Beitrag

Zusammenfassung

Freedom of information is a core right in democratic societies. Unfortunately journalists and media sometimes behave unethically due to abusive interpretation of that right. Media self-regulation include the different tools that professionals have devoted to themselves to adjust their behaviors to deontological rules. However, this solution does not arouse unanimous support and receives many critics from those who think that self-regulation goes too far and can restrict the freedom of journalists and from those who, on the contrary, think that it falls short and demands coercive measures from the State. This paper explores the concept of self-regulation, giving special attention to press councils, and analyzes the pertinence of critics directed to this sort of regulation of journalism.