Pedagogical goals in the teaching of communication ethics

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Published: Dec 15, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2012.121.1-16
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Communication Ethics, Teaching, Higher education, Professionalism, Moral reasoning

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Jesús Díaz del Campo Lozano
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)

Abstract

Which are the main pedagogical goals a Communication Ethics professor must try to reach? In this paper we analyze the most relevant answers the literature on the subject gives to this question: Fostering moral reasoning skills; surveying current ethical practice; preparing students for professional work; sistematically evaluating media performance; and understanding classical ethical theory. We also present the main findings of a survey carried out in 14 European Union member states. We analyze the responses of 50 Comnunication Ethics teachers who have been asked to fill in a questionnaire about the pedagogical goals they try to reach when teaching their subject.

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Díaz del Campo Lozano, Jesús. 2012. “Pedagogical goals in the teaching of communication ethics”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 121 (December):1-16. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2012.121.1-16.
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Issue 121 - December 2012 - Year XV
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Research Articles

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Jesús Díaz del Campo Lozano, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)

Profesor de Comunicación Oral y Escrita y de Ética y Deontología de la Comunicación en la Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), España. Doctor en Periodismo por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación Comunicación y Sociedad Digital, de la Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, España. Profesionalmente ha ejercido como periodista en diversos medios e instituciones durante más de 15 años.
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