http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1381 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:23:29 GMT 2026-04-16T18:23:29Z http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1339 Journalism and Ethics - Ethics in Journalism in the Era of Prolific Sources Minuti, Diego As all other human activities before the advance of technology and thought, the contemporary journalism is also changing, maintaining, in the meantime, the specificity of its role: to inform, to give everyone the chance to meet people, facts, and ideas, and then make a personal opinion. But the advent of new technologies has paradoxically made it harder to tell the truth because the Internet is almost a lazy journalist who knows the computer just to have the whole world within the reach of a mouse. Having a manifold effect determining the network, it is no longer the man to decide what actually is news, but the response that it has had on the Net, and then in the world therefore is. The lack of filters on the Net means that everything that is available to those who use the Web works as or, just for the sake of knowledge, is assumed as the rank of truth – only to realize, as more frequently happens, that the error is always lurking. The United States, the country that is always in front of others and its technology, for the vast use they make of it, are perhaps the best example to understand how did the journalist profession change, but also have soothing forms of security and protection to the reader. The possibility of having a window permanently open to electronic newspapers that are published in the most remote nooks of the Earth may lead to the temptation of indulging transgressions. But if you rely on the others’ eyes, you fall in the risk of telling people not to trust strangers. But when American reporters are wrong, their own newspapers are the first to denounce them. And this is a sign of how there can not be a great democracy without great press and, therefore, a large press can only be an expression of a great democracy. One matter of great emphasis, in my opinion, is the negative use, often too casual, that makes the web, now that almost everything is allowed, even interpret a fact and not merely tell about it. A couple of years ago, most broadcasting channels around the world showed pictures of a Palestinian and his son trapped in the Gaza Strip, in a shoot-out between Islamic militants and Israeli soldiers. Eventually, as the cameras transmitted, they both died in front of the objectives of photographers. Images, as in fact happened, ’’were’’ interpreted by most of the international press, in the sense that their political values took precedence over reality. That is, the death of the two innocent people ended up in a story bigger than themselves. But the network should be considered a great opportunity, especially when, as has recently happened during the protests in Iran, in the absence of a space for official information the journalists had only one source, the Web. Twitter reported that three people died during the protests. Some sources of information broadcasted that news, some did not. And who broke the news made a choice that is explained in the trial of the first magnitude. That is why we broke the news; in this way the drama of those moments could have best been bespoken. What we come up is whether alternative sources of news, such as bloggers and Twitter, can we rank official. I do have my concerns, others do not, and this debate will obviously continue. When I talk to younger colleagues trying to explain the need to have only one reference point – the truth – I realize I am saying quite a trivial thing. There is a fact, and then there is the news. There is what is happening and what then becomes news. These are two elements that need and should be coincident, but often are not. And here the assessment of fairness and good work of a journalist must be taken into account: had he been able to tell what was real in fact as it actually or commonly happens in such a profession or, had he described it and hence has he bowed to other needs. Anyone, who has endured a past in which the lack of freedom of expression had been almost uncritically accepted, possesses thirst for knowledge, for lore. The journalist is now part of a mechanism, but should not fall into thinking that he is the most important mechanism. He is a piece of the chessboard where the interest is far greater than him and where he must stand above the ability of not falling into temptation; to feel just a part, and not more, who tells the truth. A journalist can create a character, so that he can destroy a person afterwards. But when something is about to be spilled out, he must not master other than himself and his morals. In a perfect world, the journalist should not have friends; he should only think and act upon his own head, he should forget his religion, his political beliefs. Having no masters has always been the dream for most journalists, others’ only reason why they started this profession is having their master. A world without ethics is not a world. A world without honest journalists, capable of telling the truth, even at the cost of their lives, is not a world but the kingdom of darkness, pain, not illuminated by the sun of freedom. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1339 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1338 The revolution of communication and its effect on our life Vasmatics, Gabor The twentieth century brought about a lot of changes, especially in the fields of industry, information technology and communication. As a result of these phenomena also our everyday life has changed radically. In this article I would like to introduce that how did these new technological advancements affect the social life of humanity. In the beginning of history communication was totally limited by the distance. If someone was further than the other’s noise or sight could reach, then they could not exchange any information without coming closer to each other. This way the people were more separated and the different nations were developing in very different ways. Through the appearance of the various communicational devices the distances were shorter and shorter, until that grade that nowadays we can hold and international conference with the participants being on distant locations of the world. Disabled people can work from their homes through internet. We don’t need to go out even for shopping, because we can order the product and it comes to our home. Universities offer tele-courses where people can receive not only the education but even a diploma, without ever setting foot in the building of the institution. The world truly became a global village, where we can reach anyone, anywhere, from the comfort of our sofa. All these changes in our lifestyle happened so rapidly that even my parents cannot really grasp it, not to mention about the grandparents. The last 20 years brought about so many new things that most of the people don’t even know about their existence. The Homo Sapiens Sapiens evolved to Homo Sapiens Communicationis, with his inseparable tool: the mobile phone. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1338 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1337 An Intelligent Market: Possibilities of a Revolution in Supermarkets Organization Using Agent Based Systems Çipi, Eva; Durmishi, Veronika This work is focused on studying the possibilities of a new model in business management, integrating the best solutions of IT in the supermarket enterprises. We aim to show how an agent based system is used to manage successfully a market and why it is considered an efficient method to support the challenges of the supermarket enterprises. In a highly competitive environment, the impact of this phenomenon is visible, noting the increase of the interest for electronic systems which offer intelligent services in some activities as administration, marketing, business services, etc. We think agent based systems are the best choice as tools that can automate the analysis of the database information and locate the real useful things. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1337 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1336 The management of human resource in the local goverment through the presentation of the status of application of civil service in the Republic of Albania Gërxhi, Julejda The aim of this study:This study aims to pick up the transparence and the efficence in the managmnet of human resource, through the presantion of the state of the Law “ For the civil service” in the Republic of Albania and especially in the administration of the local government, recommending some ways to go on in this field, that will be the basis for the good progress in the local goverment. Methodology: Five municipalities were chosen to realise this study. Concretely, they are Vlore, Berat, Durres, Shkoder and Elbasan, where the study visists were applied and then the interviewing of the white collars through questions. Two forms of questionnaires were prepaired. The first one for the white collars of differnt levels and the second is for the responsabile administrators for the human resource. Results:This study will introduce efficence in the managment of human resource in the chosen municipalities, through elaboration, analisys and the interpretion of the information, seeing the civil service in the point of view of the white collars themselves of the different levels and from the point of view of the responsible authority for the human resource. Also in the study will be combined the analysis of the result based on the identified causes with the actual legislation for the civil service in Albania. The conclusion:Through this study will be aimed to be realised a reflection of the reality state of the managment of human resource and will become possible the awareness of the responsible authority for the human resource, in order to follow on wards the best selection of specialists according to the job describtion and of the civil employment service and their qualification based on the legislation of the civil service and also provision of continuous protection , wheterver the political changes may be. Let this study be an incitement to evaluate more the white collar, the way of his selection according to the law of “Civil Services in the Albanian Republic” and also the implementation of this law in order to consolidate the public administration at local level. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/1336 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z