Philosophy 2730F/G Study Guide - Profit Motive
13 Nov 2012
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Professionalism, not professionals: the increase in sources of information creates a need to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate journalism. The best means of doing so is to shift from focusing on the source of the information and instead articulate clear criteria that examples of legitimate journalism satisfy. So you don"t care who wrote a piece or where it was published, focusing instead on the extent to which each published piece satisfies these criteria: journalism is not a profession. Meyers says journalism should not become a profession, but should accept and adopt moral values. Professional so dedicated to a job that it is a calling that. The concept as defined is normative in the sense that the relationships between professionals and their clients structured by the above criteria, generates a structural trust. Clients trust professionals because of their rigid training and subsequent expertise.
