Abstract
In the focus of the article are different views of French media representatives on the appropriateness of the Council for Deontology and Mediation, founded in France in December 2019. Te Council positions itself as an independent structure that carries out the functions of self-regulation (within the profession), and co-regulation (between journalists and audience) in the feld of mass media based on French and international codes of journalism ethics. Te Council considers mass media audience complaints about journalists’ violation of professional ethics and acts as an intermediary in resolving information disputes between journalists, publishers and the audience.Te main goal of the Council on Deontology and Mediation is to restore the audience’s trust in mass media and create a culture of honest journalism. However, its establishment and activities provoked a ferce debate in the French journalism community, splitting it into two camps. Te opponents, who happened to be in the majority, do not recognize the legitimacy of the Council and refuse to work with it.In this respect, the article examines the following issues: a brief history of French and international codes of journalism ethics; the reasons of the crisis of trust to traditional media; the political context in which the Council for Deontology and Mediation emerged; the Council’s structure and functions; arguments put for and against its activities; analysis of two cases that illustrate its activities.Te article is based on materials taken from traditional French media: Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, Les Échos, L’Express, La Croix; online media: Médiapart and Contexte, as well as TV interviews with media representatives.
Highlights
In the focus of the article are different views of French media representatives on the appropriateness of the Council for Deontology and Mediation, founded in France in December 2019
The Council positions itself as an independent structure
that carries out the functions of self-regulation
Summary
Московский государственный институт международных отношений (университет) МИД России, 119454, Россия, Москва, пр. Статья посвящена обзору точек зрения представителей французских СМИ по поводу целесообразности создания и функционирования Совета по деонтологии и медиации, учреждённого во Франции в декабре 2019 года. Главная цель Совета по деонтологии и медиации – восстановление доверия аудитории к СМИ и формирование культуры честной журналистики. В этой связи в статье рассматриваются следующие вопросы: краткая история создания кодексов этики французской и международной журналистики; причины кризиса доверия к традиционным СМИ; политический контекст, в котором появился Совет по деонтологии и медиации; его структура и функции; аргументы, выдвигаемые за и против его деятельности; анализ двух кейсов, иллюстрирующих его деятельность. Ключевые слова: деонтология журналистики, кодекс профессиональной этики журналиста, кризис доверия к традиционным СМИ, Совет по деонтологии и медиации. Возможно ли в современном мире, где скорость подачи информации превалирует над её качеством, где журналисты, в погоне за сенсацией, часто забывают о моральных нормах, говорить о единой профессиональной этике для всех видов СМИ? Обзору точек зрения экспертов и представителей французских СМИ по этим вопросам и посвящена наша статья
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