Résumé:
This study intends to define the deontology of the journalistic job in the
Algerian communication enterprises.
This survey concerns primarily the papers published in the west of the
country, Oran, and the journalists respect of the deontology in the wilayats
mentioned above.
Without forgetting that this job, in the time assigned to, goes in pair with
the emergence of the organic law of information in Algeria in 2012, where articles
and decrees have been used to adjust the journalistic work, and especially make
the job deontology known by reminding the rights and duties, without affecting
the freedom of expression and opinion and citizen s right to the accurate,
transparent and pragmatic news which respects the universal rules that organize
and adjust the activity of journalism.
Hence, this job constitution has raised some restrictions and obstacles
which prevent the journalist to get the information from the source. Bearing in
mind that the various political and social changes that taken place in the country
have set free the journalist to tackle some issues which used to be regarded as “
taboo” before 1989.
Now, we should emphasize that the lack of professionalism and
experience with some colleagues has caused enough trouble among which we can
mention the lack of credibility of the media. Thus, the deontology code has
become necessary to prevent certain usurpations such as the transgression of the
people s private life and institutions.
Our survey, hereby, has been based on a global investigation because of
the easiness of access to the individuals of the society, estimated on 131 items
distributed on 26 titles -13 papers in Arabic and 13 in French and, we handed out
a form to all the journalists of the wilayat of Oran.
The individual carrying the survey has gone so far as to organize
interviews with editors of six newspapers “El Masaa”, “El Djazair Sahafa”, La
Tribune Des Lecteurs”, “El Wassel” and “El Djemhouria” as we deliberately
asked 42 questions to collect as much data related to our issue.
The conclusions of the survey got the following points mentioned bellow;
*The survey has shown that the concerned informants have never
complained about pressure neither in their enterprises nor outside, which confirms
somehow the freedom of expression of the journalists in Western Algeria.
*The same survey concluded that 27.92% of the informants suffer their
colleague’s competition in one hand the shock of the sexist consideration in the
other hand.
*Most of the informants accept the deontology charter with reservation
for the fact that they have not taken part in making it.
*Most of the journalists interviewed affirm that they keep up to the
deontology charter with respect to the reader who wants the news to be accurate
and right all over the country.
*All the journalists agree that the competition does not allow the
deontology rules usurpation.
*39.7% of the informants confirm the existence of the deontology charter
inside their enterprises as a permanent working means.
*The survey has revealed that the decay of the written press has made
some journalists endure many problems, especially the access to divers sources of
information.
