Corrigendum

This article refers to:

Ethical Orientation and Judgments of Chinese Press Journalists in Times of Change

Article title: “Ethical Orientation and Judgments of Chinese Press Journalists in Times of Change”

Authors: Francis L. F. Lee, Di Cui and Zhian Zhang

Journal: Journal of Media Ethics

Bibliometrics: Volume 30, Issue 3

DOI: 10.1080/23736992.2015.1050558

Table 3 and Table 4 featured several incorrect coefficients due to an error in recoding for journalistic role-conception variables. These tables feature the corrected coefficients, shown in bold, for the hierarchical regression analyses predicting journalists' ethical relativism and tolerance for ethically controversial practices.

None of the corrections have altered the study's findings of significance or overall interpretation of the study results.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.

TABLE 3 Hierarchical Regressions Predicting Ethical Relativism and Tolerance for Ethically Controversial Practices

	Ethical Relativism	What is Ethical Varies from One Situation to Another	What is Ethical is Subjected to Personal Judgment	Put Aside Ethics Under Extreme Circumstances	Controversial Practices (All)
Demographics
Gender (male)	.01	−.02	.01	.03	.01
Education	−.03	−.03	−.04	−.01	.01
Income	−.08**	−.06*	−.10***	−.04	−.03
Years of work	−.08**	−.10***	−.03	−.04	−.09***
Journalism training	.00	.01	−.02	.02	−.03
Beijing	−.04	−.03	−.02	−.05	−.02
Guangzhou	.03	.04	.02	.02	.06*
Northeast	.03	.00	.02	.04	−.01
East	.02	.02	.02	−.01	.07**
Organizational type
Commercial paper	−.04	.02	−.05	−.06*	.02
Online newsroom	.08**	.05	.05*	.08**	.09***
Role conceptions
Info. dissemination	−.08***	−.10***	−.05*	−.03	−.05
Gov. mouthpiece	−.04	−.04	−.05	−.01	−.08**
Culture/entertainment	.01	.02	.02	−.02	.03
Popular advocacy	.09***	.05	.12***	.04	.04
Influence on news work
Political	−.05	−.05*	−.07**	.01	−.00
Commercial	.10***	.09**	.09**	.06*	.15***
Utility of Internet	−.06**	−.05*	−.07**	−.03	−.00
Total adjusted R^2	.06***	.04***	.05***	.02***	.06***

Note. Entries are standardized regression coefficients. N = 1989.

*** p < .001;

** p < .01;

* p < .05.

TABLE 4 Hierarchical Regressions Predicting Tolerance for Specific Ethically Controversial Practices

	Information Manipulation				Use of Authorized Information				Journalistic Deception
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Demographics
Gender (male)	.08**	.02	.06*	−.01	.04	.05*	.05*	.00	−.04	−.05*	.00	−.05*
Education	.00	.01	.06*	.01	.00	.00	.01	.00	.02	.01	−.02	−.02
Income	.00	−.08**	−.05*	−.08**	.06*	.02	−.02	.00	.03	.02	.04	−.09**
Years of work	−.03	−.07**	−.06*	−.03	−.04	−.06*	−.06*	−.06*	−.02	−.07**	−.03	−.04
Journalism training	−.05*	−.04	−.05*	−.06**	.01	.01	−.03	.01	−.01	.01	.04	−.05*
Beijing	−.04	−.05*	−.03	−.03	.08**	−.03	−.01	.05*	−.11***	.01	.06*	.01
Guangzhou	.02	.00	−.03	.06*	.11***	.03	.08**	.09**	−.06*	.00	.06*	.03
Northeast	−.01	−.02	.00	−.06*	−.03	−.04	−.01	.03	−.01	.03	.05*	.00
East	.03	.05	.04	.02	.06*	.05	.06*	.08**	−.02	.05	.01	.05
Organizational type
Commercial paper	−.07*	−.08**	−.08**	−.01	.07*	.05	−.02	.00	.09**	−.02	.04	.09**
Online newsroom	.06*	.13***	.12***	.14***	−.06*	−.01	.04	.08**	.00	.01	.05*	.05
Role conceptions
Info. dissemination	−.06**	−.07**	−.09***	−.08**	−.02	−.04	−.10***	−.04	.02	.06**	.01	.05*
Gov. mouthpiece	−.08**	−.05	−.02	.04	−.19***	−.02	−.04	−.07**	−.03	−.02	−.04	.06*
Culture/entertainment	.02	.02	.01	.05	−.04	.01	−.00	.01	.05	.02	.03	.03
Popular advocacy	.10***	.04	.06*	.02	.12***	.02	.11***	.04	−.02	.10***	.01	−.04
Influences
Political	−.01	−.02	−.04	.00	.04	−.01	−.03	−.02	.00	.04	.00	−.01
Commercial	.06*	.10***	.08**	.01	.04	.09**	.06*	.08**	.10***	.09**	.10**	.09**
Utility of Internet	−.07**	−.06**	−.11***	−.07**	−.01	.01	−.04	.02	.04	.07**	.01	.09***
Total adjusted R^2	.04***	.07***	.07***	.06***	.08***	.01***	.03***	.03***	.05***	.03***	.02***	.05***

Note. Entries are standardized regression coefficients. 1: publishing unverified information; 2: receiving money from sources; 3: manufacturing quotes; 4: altering photographs; 5: unauthorized use of commercial or government documents; 6: pressuring sources to get news; 7: unauthorized use of personal documents; 8: getting employed to get insider information; 9: offering monetary incentives to sources; 10: claiming oneself to be someone else; 11: using hidden cameras or microphones; 12: recreating news events. N = 1989.

*** p < .001;

** p < .01;

* p < .05.