Ethics and Professional Responsibility of the Journalist

U ovom završnom radu obrađena je tema etičke i profesionalne odgovornosti novinara. Novinarska profesija uređena je određenim etičkim kodeksima, stoga se važnost medijske etike očituje u uspostavi odgovornog medijskog djelovanja. Cilj ovoga rada je utvrditi na koje je profesionalne standarde izvještavanja novinar dužan obratiti pozornost, kao i na etička načela koje je dužan poštivati kako bi društveno odgovorno postupao. Rad obuhvaća profesionalnu i etičku odgovornost novinara prema javnosti, vlasniku medijske kuće, izvorima informacija, novinarskoj profesiji, a dotiče se i etičke odgovornosti publike kao aktivnih sudionika u komunikacijskom procesu.Within this final paper, the subject about journalist's ethical and professional responsibility has been processed. A journalist profession is arranged with a certain ethical codex, which is why the importance of media ethics is stated within the set up of the media's responsible act. The aim of this work is to establish which professional standards of informing is a journalist supposed to pay attention to, as well as the ethical principles that they must respect in order to act responsibly within the society. The work involves the journalist's professional and ethical responsibility towards the public, the media owner, the information source, the journalist profession, but it also somewhat includes ethical responsibility of the public as the active participants within the communication process