The ethical values within the Spanish journalistic culture

Abstract

Based on data collected from 100 interviews with journalists in Spain2, this paper analyzes the Spanish journalistic culture based on ethical values of journalists. Our goal is to determine the common traditional ethical values within western journalism and journalism in Spain. One of the conclusions of this study is that we do find global ethical influences on journalism, empiricism and work in Spanish journalistic culture. We also find universal ethical values within the Spanish journaiistic culture. Although, the results show that Spanish journalists in their daily work do not pay excessive attention to these philosophical aspects. We could determine this, because our analysis of professional elements, organizations and procedures within the Spanish journalistic culture showed greater interference with practical factors.