Reflections on journalism and objectivity: an episode, ideal or obstacle

Defining Objectivity within Journalism An Overview

The article seeks the roots of the journalistic concept of objectivity in various theoretical schools. It argues that the concept of objectivity in journalism originates in the positivistic tradition and, furthermore, that it is strongly related to tan earlier theoretical school within historiography. Journalism has made several attempts have been made by journalism to break free of the positiv...

Between Objectivity and Openness—The Mediality of Data for Journalism

A number of recent high profile news events have emphasised the importance of data as a journalistic resource. But with no definitive definition for what constitutes data in journalism, it is difficult to determine what the implications of collecting, analysing, and disseminating data are for journalism, particularly in terms of objectivity in journalism. Drawing selectively from theories of me...

An Investigation on Tadao Ando’s Phenomenological Reflections

[Seven reflections on a first episode of lone atrial fibrillation].

The term atrial fibrillation encompasses several types of tachyarrhythmias whose common denominator is a rapid generation of atrial impulses that, with greater or lesser regularity, are conducted to the rest of the atrial myocardium, resulting in irregular ventricular responses due to variable degrees of penetration of the atrioventricular (AV) node. Advances in the treatment of atrial fibrilla...

[Depressive realism: happiness or objectivity].

Realism is described as objective evaluations and judgments about the world; however, some research indicates that judgments made by "normal" people include a self-favored, positive bias in the perception of reality. Additionally, some studies report that compared to normal people, such cognitive distortions are less likely among depressive people. These findings gave rise to the depressive rea...