The Media Self-Regulation Guidebook

The Media Self-Regulation Guidebook

All questions and answers

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The Representative on

Freedom of the Media

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media wishes to thank the Governments of France, Germany and Ireland for their generous support to this publication.

We would also like to extend our gratitude to Robert Pinker, Peter Stuber and the AIPCE members for their invaluable contributions to this project.

The views expressed by the authors in this publication are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.

Published by Mikl?s Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Edited by Adeline Hulin and Jon Smith

? 2008 Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Wallnerstrasse 6 A-1010 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43-1 514 36 68 00 Fax: +43-1 514 36 6802 E-mail: pm-fom@

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ISBN 3-9501995-7-2

The Media Self-Regulation Guidebook

All questions and answers The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Mikl?s Haraszti

Vienna 2008

CONTENTS

Contents

7 Mikl?s Haraszti Foreword 9 I. The merits of media self-regulation

Balancing rights and responsibilities By Mikl?s Haraszti 10 1. The nature of media self-regulation 13 2. Media self-regulation versus regulating the media 18 3. The promotion of mutual respect and cultural understanding 21 II. Setting up a journalistic code of ethics The core of media self-regulation By Yavuz Baydar 22 1. Codes of ethics are essential for responsible journalism 24 2. Codes of ethics are diverse 25 3. The content of every code of ethics is unique 28 4. Setting up a code of ethics: the role of media professionals 30 5. Setting up a code of ethics: the role of government and society 31 6. Codes of ethics should be revised regularly and promoted

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