African Moral Theory and Media Ethics: An Exploration of Rulings by the South African Press Council 2018 to 2022

Figures & data

Table 1. Overview of the data analyzed.

Period considered	2018–2022
Total number of cases considered	216
Total number of publications	49
Total number of authors	158

Figure 1. Complaints per author (percent).

Figure 2. Number of rulings against the top 5 authors with the most complaints against them.

Figure 3. Complaints against publications.

Figure 4. Findings against publications with seven or more complaints against them (percent).

Figure 5. Findings against publications with seven or more complaints against them.

Figure 6. Complainants by different actors/entities (percent).

Figure 7. Top ten sections of the press code most frequently cites in complaints (percent).