ABSTRACT Unpublishing, or the act of deleting previously published media content from a news outlet’s online archive in response to an external request, is a growing ethical and practical dilemma for journalists. Adjudicating unpublishing requests leaves each media outlet to wrestle with balancing the ethical tenets of accuracy and objectivity. Amid a substantial rise in scholarly attention to technological challenges associated with digital privacy, research specific to unpublishing is limited and less focused on the ethical foundations from which professional practices might be developed. This study used qualitative interviews with editorial decisionmakers at print, television, and radio news outlets to explore the challenges unpublishing pose to journalists’ work. Results show a struggle to balance competing loyalties to the individuals requesting content to be removed and two fundamental paradigmatic assumptions. Findings identify new complexities to the media-audience relationship and call for refocusing attention toward resolving how unpublishing decisions fit within the journalistic paradigm before tenable newsroom practices can take root.

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摆脱过去：解开矛盾的新闻忠诚度和取消出版的范式压力

摘要对于记者来说，取消发布或响应于外部请求而从新闻媒体的在线存档中删除以前发布的媒体内容的行为，在新闻工作者中越来越成为道德和实际的困境。裁定未发布的请求会使每个媒体渠道都在权衡准确性和客观性的道德原则之争。在学术界对与数字隐私相关的技术挑战的关注度不断提高的同时，针对未出版的研究非常有限，并且较少关注可发展专业实践的道德基础。这项研究对印刷，电视和广播新闻媒体的编辑决策者进行了定性采访，以探讨未出版对记者工作构成的挑战。结果表明，要在竞争的忠诚度与要求删除内容的个人之间取得平衡，还要进行两个基本的范式假设的努力。调查结果确定了媒体与受众关系的新复杂性，并呼吁人们重新关注注意力，以解决在可行的新闻编辑室实践扎根之前，如何取消发布决策适合新闻业范式的问题。