Ethical attitudes and perceived practice: A comparative study of journalists in china, hong kong and taiwan

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 154-172

  Lo, Ven hwei ^a   Chan, Joseph Man ^a   Pan, Zhongdang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conflicts of interest; Freebies; Journalistic ethics; Journalists; Moonlighting; Self censorship

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029074601     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292980500118656     Document Type: Article

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