Securing the communication of journalists with their sources as a form of source protection - editorial policy of Slovenian media regarding communication and technology

Milosavljevič, Marko (author), Amon Prodnik, Jernej (author), Kučić, Lenart J. (author)

The rapid development and penetration of new communication and digital technologies is also affecting the transformations of journalistic procedures and practices within news production and the distribution and gathering of information. Journalistic communication and the protection of journalistic sources as one of the key mechanisms for establishing the news net and network of sources and for performing the function of reporting and fulfilling the role of "watchdogs" is under threat. Analysis of in-depth, semi-structured interviews with editors of key Slovenian media shows a lack of systematic protection of journalistic communication and a lack of editorial policy regarding communication with journalistic sources. Certain individual considerations and measures are taken, although systematic editorial policy is still missing along with education regarding safe communication.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2015
• Number of pages: Str. 612-630, 811-812
• Numbering: Letn. 52, št. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-85412
• UDC: 070:316.77(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 33471069
• Publication date in RUL: 20.09.2016

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Širjenje komunikacijskih in digitalnih tehnologij povzroča transformacije novinarskih postopkov v fazah produkcije in distribucije, a tudi zbiranja informacij. Zaradi novih možnosti digitalnega nadzora je ogroženo tudi novinarsko komuniciranje in varovanje anonimnosti virov kot eden temeljnih mehanizmov vzpostavljanja informacijske mreže novinarjev, prek katere lahko ti izvajajo svojo konstitutivno funkcijo poročanja in vlogo nadzorovanja (angl. watchdog) nosilcev moči. Prek poglobljenih polstrukturiranih intervjujev z izbranimi uredniki slovenskih medijev smo ugotovili, da ti mediji nimajo oblikovane uredniške politike glede komuniciranja z zaupnimi viri in uredniških pravil glede zagotavljanja varnega elektronskega komuniciranja pri zbiranju informacij. Ključni rezultati kažejo na pomanjkanje sistemskih ukrepov za zaščito komunikacije; prisotni so nekateri individualni, toda ne tudi institucionalni razmisleki in pomanjkanje izobraževanja na tem področju.