Ethical principles of disaster reporting and references to social media

[summary]JournalismThe issue has been of concern to the press. This paper provides an ethical reflection on the reporting of recent catastrophes in terms of disclosure of privacy, excessive incitement and consumer distress, elaborates on the ethical principles of disaster reporting and suggests that it should be quoted with cautionSocial mediaInformation to improve media professionalism。

Disaster reportRight to privacyJournalistic ethics

Zhang xian xian

Press institute, ministry of information and communication, china media university

Research results of the [fund project] national fund for social welfare project, media legislation and ethics research in media integration (project 10bxw016)

(the paper is published in modern dissemination no. 6, 2015)