Comparing Ethical Concerns Of
Agricultural And General Journalists
Ann E. Reisner
The literature specific to agricultural journalism and ethics is underdeveloped in that few case studies or surveys study agricultural journalists' ethical concerns and few articles compare agricultural with general journalists' ethical pressures. This article addresses these deficiencies in two ways. First, it reviews surveys of agricultural and general journalists' ethical concerns. Results indicate agricultural journalists feel more pressured by advertisers. The article also offers a selected bibliography of agricultural journalism case examples and quantitative research on ethics.
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