Definition of the Journalistic Professional Ethics Norm
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Ekaterina A. Smirnova
PhD degree-seeking student at the Chair of History and Statutory Regulation of Domestic Mass Media, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
e-mail: eiemariabraun@gmail.comSection: Media Law
The article presents first full definition of professional ethical norm, based on distinctional, functional and structural analysis. Applied methods show that the norm is not only an element but the fundamental unit of journalist professional ethics.