Prerequisites for Forming of Ethics Code in Journalistic

Abstract

The article presents a scientific study of this problem in journalism as a precondition of the formation of the code of ethics of employees of masses-media. The authors discusses the most significant cases of the appear- ance of documents, the normalizing of editorial life, relationships between journalists, the rules of conduct of the journalist in different situations of professional activity. The study built on the study of various literary sources, archival materials, their analysis, identification of patterns. The authors concluded that, due to the ac- tive development of journalistic practices, found more areas that needed not legislation, and in ethics, not in state control, a journalistic self-regulation. This suggests that employees of mass-media necessary profession- al code of honor, and despite the abundance of such documents in the world, this issue still requires attention and provides scope for new publications and further research.