Abstract
Journalism and responsible press are considered the fourth pillar of
state. Journalists are expected to perform truthful, responsible,
objective and ethical journalism. However, political economy of media
suggests that political and economic elites use media for their interests.
Politicians and owners exploit working journalists. Journalists are not
well paid and they are enforced to do unethical practices. The
objectives of present study are to explore the journalists’ economic
issues at Gujranwala(A city of Punjab, Pakistan) and their relationship
with ethical practices of journalists. Data was collected through indepth interviews of 13 working journalists of Gujranwala city. Findings
revealed that journalists are facing serious economic issues and these
issues are leading them towards unethical practices. Findings imply
that government, judiciary, NGOs and journalistic bodies should play
an effective role for overcoming this alarming situation.
Muhammad Usman Saeed, Shahid Hussain, AmirHamza Marwan. (2018) Effects of Economic Issues on Journalists’ Ethical Practices in Pakistan, Putaj Humanities And Social Science, Volume-25, Issue-2.
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