Rad daje prikaz anketnog istraživanja na 243 studenta preddiplomskog i diplomskog studija‎ novinarstva na Fakultetu političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu provedenog s ciljem uvida u stavove‎ studenata o kontroverznim metodama u izvještavanju i najvažnijim etičkim problemima u suvremenom‎ novinarstvu te uvida u njihovu etičku orijentaciju. Istraživanje je također imalo za cilj otkriti potencijalne ‎razlike među studentima različitih razina studija (preddiplomska i diplomska razina), različitog radnog‎ iskustva u medijima te između studenata novinarstva i novinara u Hrvatskoj (usporedba s rezultatima‎ studije Worlds of Journalism Study). ‎Rezultati ne pokazuju razlike između studenata preddiplomskog i diplomskog studija kao ni između‎ onih s iskustvom i bez iskustva rada u medijima u pogledu njihova stava prema korištenju kontroverznih‎ metoda u izvještavanju, ali su pronađene razlike između studenata novinarstva i novinara s obzirom na‎ njihovu etičku orijentaciju. Studenti novinarstva navode otkrivanje identiteta (maloljetnika) i senzacionalizam ‎kao najveće etičke probleme suvremenog novinarstva.‎ A survey among 243 undergraduate and graduate journalism students at the Faculty of‎ Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, was conducted to gain insight into their stances on the ‎most important ethical problems in contemporary journalism, their ethical orientation and reasonings ‎on the use of controversial methods in reporting. The research was set to explore the potential differences‎ among students of different levels of study and working experience as well as between journalism ‎students and journalists (comparison with the results of the “Worlds of Journalism Study” for Croatia).‎The results show no significant differences between undergraduate and graduate students nor between ‎those with and without experience in the media regarding their stances towards the use of controversial‎ methods in reporting, but differences were found between journalism students and journalists regarding ‎their ethical orientation. Journalism students find identity disclosure and sensationalism to be the most ‎severe ethical issues of contemporary journalism.‎