ETHIC NORMS OF WORKING WITH SOURCES

Abstract

The goal of this article is to clarify the definition of moral and ethic standards of self-regulation of journalistic activities in
the media through theoretical grounding of the concept coupled with examples of its applications in practical journalism. By
achieving a more comprehensive understanding of what “Journalistic self-regulation†and “Press self-regulation†mean in
the field of media, one becomes better equipped to formulate professional ethics that is effective and holds the potential to
understanding ethic standards and problems of human activities in the modern information space. Its aim is to study
fundamental human rights and obligations on gaining and transferring the information, the main forms, mechanisms and
directions of ethic control on information. The media service ethic code clearly formulates journalists’ obligations,
permissions and prohibitions.