In Memory of Ethics: A Dissection of Ethical and Social Issues in Pakistani Professional Healthcare Practice

Author(s): Umme Swaiba, Zoya Siddique and Shiza Malik * .

DOI: 10.2174/9789815223859124010024

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Ethical Dilemmas in Journalism and their Impacts on Mental Health of the Society

Pp: 218-228 (11)

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Abstract

Journalists all across the world regularly violate journalistic ethics, which has a detrimental effect on societal peace and order. Due to unrestricted and independent media, there is a serious problem with journalists misreporting, making up news, inventing facts, and revealing improper material. The frequency, probable causes, and effects of this situation are all covered in detail in this chapter, along with international instances of poor journalism. There are also some recommendations in this chapter for addressing this problem at the individual and organizational levels. 

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Anderson newspaper incident, Consequences, Control measures, Dimensions, Digital age, Ethical dilemmas, Falsified data, Impacts on society, Journalism, Mental health, Misinformation, Prevalence, Principles to follow, Pentagon papers, PEMRA, Pakistan federal union of journalists (PFUJ), Recommendations, Society of professional journalists.

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