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Economic Issues and Ethical Journalism in Pakistan: Prospects and Challenges

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  • Malik Adnan

    (Assistant Professor,)

  • Arshad Ali

    (Assistant Professor,)

  • Shahbaz Aslam

    (PhD Scholar,)

Abstract

Journalists are expected to perform truthfully and ethically which contributes to the strengthening of democracy by sharing reliable information. However, the political economy of media suggests that political and economic elites use the media for their vested interests. Politicians and media owners exploit working journalists. Journalists are not well paid, and they are forced to do unethical practices. The present study explores the journalists’ economic issues at Gujranwala (A city of Punjab, Pakistan) and how economic issues affect the ethical practices of journalists. Data was collected through in-depth interviews of 13 working journalists of Gujranwala city. Findings revealed that journalists are facing serious economic issues and these issues are leading them to unethical practices. It is suggested that government, judiciary, NGOs and journalistic bodies should play an effective role for overcoming this alarming situation.

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  • Malik Adnan & Arshad Ali & Shahbaz Aslam, 2019. "Economic Issues and Ethical Journalism in Pakistan: Prospects and Challenges," Global Social Sciences Review, Humanity Only, vol. 4(1), pages 11-22, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gss:journl:v:4:y:2019:i:1:p:11-22
    DOI: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).02
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    1. Fasih Ahmed & Muhammad Nawaz & Aisha Jadoon, 2022. "Topic Modeling of the Pakistani Economy in English Newspapers via Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(1), pages 21582440221, March.

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    Keywords

    Local Journalism; Journalists Issues; Economic Pressures;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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