The Research Of Secondary Hurt Caused By Media In Cases Reprots

The case is an important material reported by the mass media. There are some ethical problems related cases reports, like inaccurate news, media trial, and infringement. It is November8,2011when media reported an rape, the discussing about secondary hurt came into the researchers’vision.What is secondary hurt? How does Media cause secondary hurt? Secondary hurt is just damage to the victims? What is the reason to cause secondary hurt? How to avoid the phenomenon?The Paper is based on the case that a woman is raped by a defense team member. There are36mass media have reported the case. The representation of secondary hurt is analyzed from the topic choosing, the news interviewing, and the news processing of the reports. On this basis, paper has also analyzed the influence of secondary hurt.The direct reason of secondary hurt, is due to the journalist who plays a role of the first "gatekeeper". Yet, the choice of the journalist is affected by some other factors. A questionnaire and a depth interview are used to explore the complicated reasons of secondary hurt. The traditional control mode which is used to analyze journalist plays an active role. It makes clear that the economic, the audience, and media organizations all have impacts on the individual’s choice.At last, The paper has given some advice to avoid the secondary hurt on the Ethics Perspective. In order to better guiding the journalistic practices, the self-regulation is proposed. We should have an reaff irmation of self-regulation of the system, emphasize on the individual self-discipline. The meta-ethical words of "Goodwill" and "Rational" are supposed to regress, which highlights the initiative of the journalist who plays a role of the first "gatekeeper". It is an effective way to avoid secondary hurt.