Auf welchen ethischen Grundlagen basiert die Arbeit der Journalisten in der arabischen Welt und in einem muslimischen Land wie Indonesien? Welche Rolle können die Medien im interkulturellen Dialog zwischen dem Westen und islamischen Ländern spielen? Neben länderübergreifenden Analysen bietet dieser Sammelband Berichte über die Situation der Medien und von Journalistenverbänden in ausgesuchten Ländern der islamischen Welt, in denen die Pressefreiheit oftmals eingeschränkt ist. Zusammengefasst werden damit die Ergebnisse einer internationalen Konferenz, die im März 2001 im Berliner Schloss Bellevue stattfand. Wissenschaftler, Medienpolitiker und Journalisten diskutierten dort auch die Frage, wie journalistische Institutionen frei von staatlichem Einfluss arbeiten können. Aus dem Inhalt: Johannes Rau (9-12) Kai Hafez: Editor's Preface (13-17) I. The Dialogue of Cultures between Islam and the West Hans Küng: An Intercultural Basis for an Ethic of Journalism (21-27) Ghassam Salamé: „Islam and the West": Clash or Cooperation? (28-32) Alfred Grosser: Journalism Ethics: The Mass Media's Role in Transnational Relations (33-35) II. „Good Journalism" - „Bad Journalism". Intercultural Perspectives on Journalism Ethics Kai Hafez: Journalism Ethics Revisited: A Comparison of Ethics Codes in Europa, North Africa, the Middle East, and Muslim Asia (39-68) Majid Tehranian: Negotiating Global Media Ethics (69-92) Wolfgang Wunden: Freedom, „Blasphemia", and Moral Responsibility of the Journalist (93-103) Hussein Amin: Freedom as Value in Arab Media: Perceptions and Attitudes Among Journalists (104-116) Muhammed I. Ayish: American-Style Journalism and Television in the Arab World: An Exploratory Study of News Selection at Six Arab Television Channels (117-133) Joseph Milton Fernando: Media Ethics in Malaysia and South-East Asia: What Price Asian Values? (134-144) III. Journalistic Self-Regulation: Who holds the Media Accountable? Fatima Boutarkha: The Role of Journalism Associations and Trade Unions in the Democratic Transition of Morocco (147-157) M. Rabah Abdellah: Journalists' Organizations and Associations of Self-Regulation in Algeria (158-161) Ibrahim Nafie: The Future of Journalistic Self-Regulation and Journalism Associations in Egypt and the Arab World (162-168) Achim Vogt: Regulation and Self-Regulation: The Role of Media Commissions and Professional Bodies in the Muslim World (169-181) Ati Nurbaiti: Journalism Associations in the Consolidation of Democracy: Indonesian Self-Regulation as a Role Model for the Muslim World? (182-188) Lutz Tillmanns: Internationalism and Interculturalism as a Value in German Journalism (189-194) Siegfried Weischenberg: International Comparative Perspectives on Journalism Associations and Trade Unions (195-204) „Many Voices - One world". The Media in International and Intercultural Relations Johan Galtung: Peace Journalism as Ethical Challenge with Special Reference to the Balkans, the Arabs, and Islam (207-214) Kaarle Nordenstreng: Something to Be Done: Transnational Media Monitoring (215-227) Anthony Löwstedt: The Need for a Global Association of Independent Press Councils (228-232) Oktay Eksi: Transnational Complaints Mechanisms as Viewed by the World Association of Press Councils (WAPC) (233-234) Hans J. Kleinsteuber: Dialogue of Cultures and the Internet: A Turning Point in the Ethics of International Communications? (235-248) Freimut Duve / Alexander Nitzsche / Ana Karlsreiter: The OSCE, Islam, and the Media (249-264)