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There can be no reflection on the press ethics without raising the question of finding a balance between press freedom and its regulation. Press freedom is one of the main public freedoms amongst freedom of speech and religion. It is guaranteed by international treaties and by fundamental legal texts in most democratic countries. It is …
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Journalists can succumb to guilty arrangements with their morals: a willingness to please, or not to displease, a radical desire to prove at all costs. There can be many bad reasons for this and they regularly threaten journalists' ethics if they are not careful. Unfortunately, these are not the only threats to their profession. There …
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We had to wait until the beginning of this century to see the emergence of the new notion of exchange platform between consumers (listeners, Internet users, spectators) on one hand, advertisers and content providers, on another hand. We also notice the emergence of the notion of interdependence between the media content market and the advertising …
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Vogue is the reference fashion magazine which influence the World. Despite an ever- growing number of fashion magazines and dedicated online sites, Vogue stays the number one of the fashion magazine particularly because it has influenced fashion for more than one century and it has known how to evolve generation after generation. This fashion magazine …
A comparison of the Irish and French health care. The Irish health budget for 2020 is €17.4 billion for less than 5 million people, while France has €222.3 billion for the health budget for the same year and a population of 67 million. In overall terms, it is true that the French health budget is …
The experience of a young French student undergoing emergency surgery in Cork and faced with the near impossibility of receiving post-operative care in Ireland. It is said that Health is our most precious asset. It is probably in this sector that our expectations, in terms of quality of care and the seriousness of the care …
In a report published in 2019, the British parliamentarians did not hesitate to attack the Californian company head-on, judging it incapable of fighting “fake news” and abusing the exploitation of data. The MPs consider that the time for self-regulation for the network majors is over and that it is now necessary to put in place …
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After more than 50 years of conflicts between Israel and Palestinian territories, then the mediation work which has been done by the United Nations, the USA and the European Union, Israel keeps trying to get more and more Palestinian territories by demolishing structures in the occupied territories A press conference of the NGO Ireland Palestine …
At the time of Covid-19 covers the vast majority of the media, we might almost forget that this is not the only issue facing the planet. Christmas approaches and Trócaire reminds us in a context where the coronavirus has hit a very significant part of the citizens of the world, that some populations who are …
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Journalism is one of the fundamental elements which makes democracy remain because journalists represent the voice of the public opinion. Which is why being a journalist has become a difficult job and it is complicated to imagine how tough it is when we are not on the field. Moreover, the NUJ is involved in other …
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