บรรทัดฐานองค์กรและมาตรฐานวิชาชีพ ในการคัดเลือกข่าวของผู้บริหารข่าวหนังสือพิมพ์รายวัน / เสาวลักษณ์ สุขสมัย = Organization norm and professional standard in news selection of daily newspaper executives / Saowaluck Suksamai
Studies organization norm and professional standard in the process of news selection by executives of Thai daily newspapers. The study is based on a survey of samples consisting of 34 news editors and 58 news chiefs from 11 daily newspapers. Data collection is also done through in-depth interviews with news editors and news chiefs from six daily newspapers. Data analysis is carried out using a statistical analysis of frequency, mean, standard deviation, and test of hypothesis by t-test and analysis of variance <ANOVA>. The research finds that there is a significant statistical difference at 0.05 level in the practice of organization norm between executives of general newspapers and business newspapers. Executives of business newspapers are found to be more strict in prohibiting placement advertising or advertorial news and articles in the newspaper pages. Meanwhile, business newspapers tend to avoid news that promote gambling. Business newspapers are also more prompt and open in amending erroneous information without having to receive a complaint first. On average, news executives in business newspapers abide by these normative practices to a greater extent than those from general newspapers. General newspaper executives are also found to allow rumor to be presented as news more than those from business newspapers. In addition, the study finds that news executives at the policy level have a professional standard that tends towards ethical practice more than those at the practical level. This is particularly evident in the answer to the hypothetical question about the decision whether to use secret information that has been missent to the editorial department and the hypothetical question about bribery from news sources. As for the criteria in news selection, the study finds that most of the news executives surveyed gave more emphasis upon professional standard rather than organization norm.