National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
National Conference on Ethical Issues and Indian Media
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ati<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Ethical</strong> <strong>Issues</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Indian</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>on</strong> ovember 26, 27 2010Reporting Suicides: <strong>Ethical</strong> Violati<strong>on</strong>s in Tamil ewspapersBeulah Rachel RajarathnamaniAssistant ProfessorDept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Communicati<strong>on</strong>University of MadrasChennaiAbstractThe primary c<strong>on</strong>cern of the newspapers’ should be to maintain professi<strong>on</strong>al st<strong>and</strong>ards in reporting, as the readers’ vital interests couldpotentially be affected by the quality of daily news reports. Newspapers' coverage of suicide reports has an ethical resp<strong>on</strong>sibilityattached to it. While reporting suicide stories, competitive pressures could lead to ethical challenges <strong>and</strong> dilemmas about what storiesto report, how to report them <strong>and</strong> the presentati<strong>on</strong> of the suicide stories. This study examines the reporting of suicide cases in Tamilnewspapers.Dept. of Journalism <strong>and</strong> Mass Communicati<strong>on</strong>, Periyar University, Salem
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