(UN)ETHICALLY REPORTING THE CASE OF ARRESTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS. A CASE-STUDY

Ana-Iuliana  ŞTEFĂNEL; Sînziana  JURĂU

Authors

Ana-Iuliana ŞTEFĂNEL MA in Management of Media Institutions, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: stud.anaiulianastefanel@fspac.ro.
Sînziana JURĂU PhD Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: jurau@fspac.ro.

Keywords:

public interest, intrusion into privacy, fairness and accuracy of reporting

Abstract

The current research reflects upon one of the most well-known and ethically and legally challenging for the media case in Romanian politics: former minister Elena Udrea’s arrest. The authors intend to verify the two dimensions (ethical and legal), in order to confirm or infirm the main research hypothesis that the monitored Romanian media outlets violated the ethical and legal the right to privacy of politicians, as well as their right to dignity and public image.

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