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Media-Conflict-Migration - the conflict potential of the media coverage regarding migration from the countries of the Arab Spring to Europe: conference report, Bonn, 4 December 2012
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Abstract The necessity for better journalistic training and education, as well as more resources for journalists: Journalists should be permitted to report without drawing on sensationalist stereotypes, should be allowed to operate more freely in their field of work and should be relieved from their job-rela... view more
The necessity for better journalistic training and education, as well as more resources for journalists: Journalists should be permitted to report without drawing on sensationalist stereotypes, should be allowed to operate more freely in their field of work and should be relieved from their job-related restrictions. This can only be achieved if their superiors, for example their editors-in-chief are included in such training. If journalists and editors have a broader general knowledge and more balanced views on the topics, coverage will be more objective and closer to reality. More financial resources and time must be provided to the journalists to allow for in-depth reporting rather than event-oriented news.
A closer adherence to journalistic standards and a global harmonisation of such standards: The guidelines for professional, or more specifically, conflict sensitive journalism, must be upheld and the adherence to such guidelines rewarded. The advantages of conflict sensitive journalism must be signalled not only to journalists, but also to media executives and managers, and perhaps most importantly, to audiences. Only if every party involved learns to appreciate the assets of professional journalism, can more balance be achieved in reporting.... view less
Keywords
migration; Europe; EU; journalism; reporting; objectivity; public opinion; opinion formation
Classification
Communicator Research, Journalism
Free Keywords
Arabischer Frühling; Kulturbeziehungen; euro-mediterrane Beziehungen; Leitlinien; Standards; konfliktsensitiver Journalismus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
City
Stuttgart
Series
ifa Edition Culture and Foreign Policy
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0