Impartiality is a journalistic norm that requires journalists to not express their opinions within factual-based news stories and report fairly balanced on viewpoints from others (e.g., Bentele, 1988; Donsbach & Klett, 1993; Hackett, 2008). Based the impartiality standard, should only own in formats are intended for this purpose appropriately labelled commentaries). Field of application/the...

This paper presents analysis of the requests of new versions of international standards for certification and Inspection of products and services. Considering all standard modifications and primarily the new request for Management of Impartiality, it is obvious that complete documentation re-engineering of Certification and Inspection Body is necessary. The procedure for Management of Impartial...

The veil of ignorance has been used often as a tool for recommending what justice requires with respect to the distribution of wealth. We show that John Harsanyi’s and Ronald Dworkin’s conceptions of the veil, when modeled formally, recommend wealth allocations in conflict with the prominently espoused view that priority should be given to the worse off with respect to wealth allocation. It fol...

There has been greater news industry recognition in recent years that impartiality should not be translated into simply balancing the competing sides of a debate or issue. The binary nature of a referendum campaign represents a unique moment to consider whether broadcasters have put this into practice beyond routine political reporting. This study examines how impartiality was editorially inter...

Discourse on social media platforms is often plagued by acute polarization, with different camps promoting different perspectives on the issue at hand—compare, for example, the differences in the liberal and conservative discourse on the U.S. immigration debate. A large body of research has studied this phenomenon by focusing on the affiliation of groups and individuals. We propose a new finer-...

The importance of the rule law for functioning a democratic state makes this research topic relevant. study aims to examine principle impartiality as one key principles legal procedures, define its place in provisions international treaties, acts, and legislation Ukraine, interpretation practice European Court Human Rights. main method we used article was formal-legal method, which allowed us a...

Drawing on interviews with key stakeholders – regulators, editors, party spin-doctors and politicians – supported by a systematic content analysis of television news during the 2015 UK General Election, this study makes an intervention into debates about how impartiality is understood and interpreted. Contrary to recent scholarly interpretations about ‘due impartiality’ being applied with some ...

Adhering to standard procedures (impartiality), returning favors (reciprocity) or giving based on individuals' needs (charity) may all be considered moral and/or fair ways to allocate resources. However, these allocation behaviors may be perceived as differently motivated, and their moral evaluation may make different demands on theory of mind (ToM) - the capacity to process information about m...