Ethical and deontological aspects of media coverage in technological disasters: case study of the Santiago de Compostela railway accident (2013)

This study examines the ethical-deontological aspects in media coverage of technological disasters, taking as case subject the most important railway accident in Spain of the last 40 years, which took place on the 24 of July 2013 in Santiago de Compostela. To do so, in first place, it presents a sys...

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Published in:Fonseca (Salamanca) 2016-12, Vol.13 (13), p.187-205
Main Author: Alba ALMENARA LORENZO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
catástrofes tecnológicas
deontología
medios de comunicación
Santiago de Compostela
ética
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Summary:This study examines the ethical-deontological aspects in media coverage of technological disasters, taking as case subject the most important railway accident in Spain of the last 40 years, which took place on the 24 of July 2013 in Santiago de Compostela. To do so, in first place, it presents a systematic review of Spanish selfregulation of journalistic documents related to the coverage of accidents, disasters, in particular technological disasters. Secondly, an analysis of text and photograph is carried out taking as examples four of the most influential online newspapers amongst the Spanish and Galician public media. The results allow us to confirm that deontological transgressions occurred to some extent in all the digital media studied, both in photographs and text. Lastly, a proposal is included with guidelines for a better coverage of technological disasters, using as a reference the findings of previous analysis.
ISSN:2172-9077
DOI:10.14201/fjc201613187205