Between the expected and the experienced: assessing the public’s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in Latvia
IntroductionOur study refers to the calls of various scholars to add the media users’ view and the audience’s agency role to the evaluation of media and journalism. The objective of this study is to explore the audience’s perception of media and journalistic ethics in times of various global and geo...
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| description | IntroductionOur study refers to the calls of various scholars to add the media users’ view and the audience’s agency role to the evaluation of media and journalism. The objective of this study is to explore the audience’s perception of media and journalistic ethics in times of various global and geopolitical crises.MethodsWe use a quantitative survey (N = 1,019, 2022) and two focus group studies (14 groups, N = 80, 2022, 2023) to describe the Latvian audiences’ assessment of professional journalism ethics principles and their implementation.ResultsThe Latvian public is critical of the ethical practice of journalists, with almost half of the respondents observing various violations of professional ethics and recognizing different journalistic cultures according to their degree of responsibility.DiscussionEvaluating data according to the journalistic ethical orientation model, it is found that representatives of the Latvian media audience support absolutist and exceptionist approaches, as they place high demands on journalists, putting the principle of objectivity and the duty of journalists to ensure the diversity of opinions in the foreground. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ceb21a75b040440384792578b49ee3162025-08-20T03:14:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Communication2297-900X2025-07-011010.3389/fcomm.2025.15218161521816Between the expected and the experienced: assessing the public’s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in LatviaAnda Rožukalne0Ieva Strode1Social Sciences Research Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, LatviaFaculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Latvia, Riga, LatviaIntroductionOur study refers to the calls of various scholars to add the media users’ view and the audience’s agency role to the evaluation of media and journalism. The objective of this study is to explore the audience’s perception of media and journalistic ethics in times of various global and geopolitical crises.MethodsWe use a quantitative survey (N = 1,019, 2022) and two focus group studies (14 groups, N = 80, 2022, 2023) to describe the Latvian audiences’ assessment of professional journalism ethics principles and their implementation.ResultsThe Latvian public is critical of the ethical practice of journalists, with almost half of the respondents observing various violations of professional ethics and recognizing different journalistic cultures according to their degree of responsibility.DiscussionEvaluating data according to the journalistic ethical orientation model, it is found that representatives of the Latvian media audience support absolutist and exceptionist approaches, as they place high demands on journalists, putting the principle of objectivity and the duty of journalists to ensure the diversity of opinions in the foreground.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2025.1521816/fulljournalism ethicsethical orientationmedia audienceaudience involvementobjectivitydiversity of opinions |
| spellingShingle | Anda Rožukalne Ieva Strode Between the expected and the experienced: assessing the public’s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in Latvia Frontiers in Communication journalism ethics ethical orientation media audience audience involvement objectivity diversity of opinions |
| title | Between the expected and the experienced: assessing the public’s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in Latvia |
| title_full | Between the expected and the experienced: assessing the public’s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in Latvia |
| title_fullStr | Between the expected and the experienced: assessing the public’s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in Latvia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between the expected and the experienced: assessing the public’s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in Latvia |
| title_short | Between the expected and the experienced: assessing the public’s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in Latvia |
| title_sort | between the expected and the experienced assessing the public s perception of journalism ethics and objectivity in latvia |
| topic | journalism ethics ethical orientation media audience audience involvement objectivity diversity of opinions |
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