Analysis of the Use of 6 Canons of Journalism Code of Ethics in the ‘Spotlight’ Movie

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10.2991/assehr.k.220404.202How to use a DOI?

Keywords

code of ethics; canons of journalism; spotlight film

Abstract

Humans are social creatures who always want to socialize with other humans. Mass communication is communication that occurs in the wider community by utilizing mass communication panels. The film has become one of the commodity media for every individual. Spotlight is a journalistic-themed film that tells the story of investigative journalism drama. This study aims to understand the analysis of the use of the 6 Canons of Journalism codes of ethics in the Spotlight film. The approach used is a qualitative approach with the technique of case study research. Researchers combine evidence and data for research through interviews, observation, and documentation. The results of this study are to prove the professionalism of investigative journalists at The Boston Globe in digging up news according to the Canons of Journalism code of ethics. The development of investigative journalism and the code of ethics of the Canons of Journalism is well implemented.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - M. Shobri Ikhtiari Humam
AU  - Eko Harry Susanto
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/21
TI  - Analysis of the Use of 6 Canons of Journalism Code of Ethics in the ‘Spotlight’ Movie
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1266
EP  - 1271
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.202
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220404.202
ID  - Humam2022
ER  -