News Accuracy in Switzerland and Italy

Nearly 80 years of accuracy research in the United States has documented that the press frequently errs, but empirical study about news accuracy elsewhere in the world is absent. This article presents an accuracy audit of Swiss and Italian daily regional newspapers. Replicating US research, the study offers a trans-Atlantic perspective of news accuracy. To compare newspaper accuracy in Switzerland and Italy to longitudinal accuracy research in the United States, the study followed closely the methodology pioneered by Charnley (1936) and adapted by Maier (2005). News sources found factual inaccuracy in 60 percent of Swiss newspaper stories they reviewed, compared to 48 percent of US and 52 percent of Italian newspapers examined. The results show that newspaper inaccuracy—and its corrosive effect on media credibility—transcends national borders and journalism cultures. Nowadays, digitization offers new ways of implementing correction policies. Media organizations need, however, to adapt to these changes and to adapt their structures in particular to new forms of participative and interactive two-way communication

Sessione “Comprendere la Storia per progettare il futuro dei giovani”

L'uguaglianza dei diritti come conquista storica e progetto di futuro più giusto

L' éthique journalistique entre anciennes et nouvelles valeurs

Dans cette contribution nous abordons l’évolution des normes déontologiques en Belgique francophone, Finlande, France, Italie, Portugal, Québec, Royaume-Uni et Suisse selon deux axes. Le premier concerne l’évolution digitale, avec les conséquences que la numérisation engendre sur les normes et leur portée, avec une attention particulière en matière d’User Generated Content et d’intelligence artificielle. Le second axe aborde les normes concernant les discriminations et la diversité, notamment en matière de genre et d’origine. Ces axes sont identifiés au départ d’une démarche inductive basée sur l’analyse comparée des différents conseils. Deux constats majeurs peuvent être tirés de cette analyse : d’une part, les conseils renforcent la responsabilité sociale du journalisme et les valeurs traditionnelles de la profession ; d’autre part, de nouvelles valeurs semblent s’affirmer, telles que la tolérance et la diversité

El espejo italiano

El espejo italian

Engaging the Media to Foster Integration: Good Practices from NGOs and Regional Authorities

Summary report from convening of experts on the European perspectives on promoting integration through the media