Abstract
When covering tragedies involving human suffering, photojournalists frequently face serious ethical dilemmas that force them to choose between the position of an objective reporter and a "Good Samaritan." Recent ethical controversies, such as the New York City subway photo case in the New York Post and the domestic violence photo essay published on TIME magazine's website, are only the latest additions to this dilemma. By using the situational ethics approach, this case study examines the controversies in terms of three situational characteristics-the presence of other helpers, the intention of the victim, and the possibility of intervention by the photographer-to assess their usefulness in assisting photographers in their ethical decision-making process.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
45
Issue
2
First Page
113
Last Page
134
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kim, Yung Soo and Chung, Deborah S.
(2013)
"The Never-Ending Ethical Dilemma for Photojournalists: A Case Study of Conflicts Between the Objective Reporter and the "Good Samaritan","
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 45:
No.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol45/iss2/4
Copyright
©2013 Iowa Communication Association