การลอกข่าว แชร์ข่าว กับความขัดแย้งเชิงจริยธรรมในหนังสือพิมพ์ไทย

Abstract

This research aims to study the understanding and practice of journalists about copying and sharing of news and the patterns that appear in the practice of Thai newspaper journalists, the difference thereof between professionals in print and online news, factors that affect the copying and sharing, and ethical conflicts that emerge. The study uses both quantitative research through opinion survey to collect data from 133 journalists and qualitative research through in-depth interviews of 19 professional journalists. The journalist informants are reporters and editors from these newspaper – Daily News, Thai Rath, Matichon, Kom Chad Luek, and ASTV manager. According to the research, the studied journalists understand copying news as taking news of others as their own, without making any reference or edited change while sharing news, to them, means exchanging news and sharing news together, news team working and helping each other to get news. In terms of news sharing practice, the interviewed journalists view it as a division of labor, at group, organizational, and cross-organizational levels. The factors that led to the copying and sharing among journalists include shortage of reporters, deadline pressure, social relationship in news fields and fear of missing out on important news, and personally factors. However, most studied journalists feel that sharing news does not impose and ethical conflict but copying news does.