Imbalance and Reconstruction of Journalistic Professionalism and Social Responsibility

—A Comparative Study Based on Negative Phenomena and Positive Cases

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10.2991/978-2-38476-444-0_39How to use a DOI?

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Journalistic Professionalism; Social Responsibility; Field Theory; Professional Misconduct; Algorithmic Ethics

Abstract

In the era of new media, journalists face a dual crisis of professional ethical misconduct (false news, paid news) and weakened social responsibility (insufficient public opinion supervision), urgently requiring systematic solutions. This research framed by field theory, journalism professionalism, and social responsibility theory, employing case comparison, in-depth interviews, and content analysis to reveal the institutional and technological roots of journalists' behavioral alienation. It systematically analyzes the imbalance mechanism of journalists' professional competence and social responsibility and proposes a reconstruction path, constructing a three-dimensional analytical model of “competence-responsibility-field.” The research finds that the core inducement of professional ethical deviations lies in traffic-oriented assessment and algorithm-driven technological alienation. Institutional guarantees provide solid support for journalists, while technological empowerment leads to convergent development, and legal popularization VLogs enhance public legal awareness. By formulate a three-dimensional driving model and the hierarchical model of imbalance root causes, the study proposes a collaborative reconstruction path of “Institution-Technology-Education,” advancing from three aspects: reforming assessment mechanisms (reducing traffic weight to 40%), technological ethical governance (introducing AI fact-checking tools), and strengthening ethical education (increasing the coverage of university courses). This research provides theoretical support and empirical evidence for constructing a Chinese-characteristic journalism ethics system, promoting the return of public value orientation in the news industry amid technological transformation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Minghao Wang
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/07/10
TI  - Imbalance and Reconstruction of Journalistic Professionalism and Social Responsibility
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language and Cultural Communication (ICLCC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 353
EP  - 362
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-444-0_39
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-444-0_39
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