Justice should be the driving force for reporting on the refugee crisis

Citation

Harkins S (2015) Justice should be the driving force for reporting on the refugee crisis. The Conversation. 18.09.2015. https://theconversation.com/justice-should-be-the-driving-force-for-reporting-on-the-refugee-crisis-47387

Abstract
First paragraph: If truth, accuracy and objectivity guaranteed that all journalism would be ethical, the cause of the Syrian refugees would have been taken up long before the shocking images of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi’s body washed up on a Turkish beach. The publication of the image triggered a brief volte-face in sections of the British press that had been blaming the victims for the refugee crisis.

Keywords
refugees; journalism; journalism ethics; UK journalism; Syrian refugees;

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Dr Steven Harkins

Lecturer, Communications, Media and Culture