Desafíos éticos de la cobertura televisiva de un hecho traumático

Abstract

The following article refers to the discussions and ethical challenges presented by the television coverage of a situation of trauma or disaster for the newsroom and work routines of journalists, especially in regard to sensationalism, suffering and privacy of individuals. The approach to this issue will be from the description and analysis of a local news event: the fire in San Miguel prison, which occurred on December 2010, which meant the death of 81people and it exposed the precarious Chilean prison conditions. The analysis focuses on four Chilean television channels (Televisión Nacional de Chile,Mega, Chilevisión y Canal 13) intermittent and live mostly transmission and the testimony that gave people (reporters, editors and executives) whoparticipated in the coverage of this fire on days 8th and 9th December

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