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THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A COLLECTIVE RESEARCH STUDY carried out by 5 universities from Belgium - French and Dutch speaking universities -, France, and Spain. It details the relationship that journalism students from Belgium, France and Spain have with journalism professional ethics. Questioning the representations and experiences that the students have with ethics is of particular interest as they are in the process of discovering and adapting to the professional world and the resulting professional practices. We opted for a qualitative perspective for the study, and focus groups were organized in Belgium, France, and Spain, with journalism students having done at least one internship. Five main themes emerged from the focus groups and are analyzed in this report: (1) Representations about professional ethics (2) Negotiations arising from the practical application of theoretical learning, (3) Tensions emerging when ethics conflicts with other issues, (4) Judgements expressing when talking about ethics (5) Contemporary issues related to the current media environment. The analysis of these topics portrays the daily ethical reflections of the Belgian, French, and Spanish students as well as the changing representations of the ethics these reflections convey. The main factors that shape these changing representations are identified, such as the editorial identity of the media, its economic environment, its managerial organization, the collective dynamics within the editorial offices, and the way in which the individual sees his/her career. |
