The Media and its Responsibilities Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility April 21‚ 2014 Thesis This paper will address and discuss the media and its responsibilities to society in perspective classical ethical theories of utilitarianism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics. It will also examine the different perspectives of the media introduced by relativism‚ ethical egoism‚ and emotivism. This paper will
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through the mass media. Communicating freely with other affirms the dignity and worth of each and every member of society. Freedom of expression is essential in the attainment and advancement of knowledge. Communication brings forth various ideas and information. People today are better informed and more enlightened thanks to thriving press freedom and expanding mass media here and in many parts of the world. All points of view are represented in the "marketplace of ideas" and society benefits from
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“Electronic Media” are those communication mediums which are based on electronic or electromechanical means of production and most often distinguished from print media. The primary electronic media sources familiar to the general public worldwide include radio‚ sound recordings‚ television‚ video recording and streaming internet content” . It denotes‚ “the main means of communicating with large number of people‚ especially television‚ radio‚ internet and satellite”. The electronic media have four basic
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POWER OF MEDIA INTRODUCTION The media reaches over a 100 million people a day. Due to its tremendous audience and the impact it has‚ the media has been able to change public opinion‚ American policy‚ and even American history. The media’s powerful influence can be seen through its portrayal of major events like the Vietnam War‚ The Spanish-American War‚ Watergate and several others. Through the years the role of media in publish affairs has changed as its influence has grown. The
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Is it important for people who work in the media to be ethical? (Yadav‚ 2011‚ p.5) Ethics refer to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ benefits to society‚ fairness‚ or specific virtues. The term “morality” can be used either 1.descriptively to refer to some codes of conduct put forward by a society or‚ (a) some other group‚ such as a religion‚ or (b) accepted by an individual for her own behaviour or 2.normatively
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The media‚ known as the fourth pillar of democracy‚ has a huge impact on the society. The effects are of course‚ positive as well as negative. Media is such a powerful tool that it literally governs the direction of our society today. It is the propeller as well as the direction provider of the society. Opinions can change overnight and celebrities can become infamous with just one wave by the media. The growth of media as an industry has accelerated over the past few years with new forms such as
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Media: Media (singular medium) are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is often referred to as synonymous with mass media or news media‚ but may refer to a single medium used to communicate any data for any purpose. The mass media are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience by mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place varies. Broadcast media such as radio‚ recorded
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communication media are the different technological processes that facilitate communication between the sender of a message and the receiver of that message. The media include newspapers‚ magazines‚ radio‚ and films‚ CDs‚ internet‚ etc. The media communicate information to a large‚ sometimes global‚ audience. Near-constant exposure to media is a fundamental part of contemporary life but it is TV that draws our attention the most as one of the primary socializing agent of today’s society. Media is one
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Scandals in China: Policy‚ Media and Society Publisher: London; New York: Routledge‚ 2012. Prostitution endures to be a contentious topic which has always attracted public‚ policy and prurient interest (Maher‚ 2013). Bringing together seven prostitution-related scandals in People’s Republic of China (PRC) highlighted by the media since the 1990s‚ the volume seeks to display the milieu of prostitution and demonstrate the nexus between the rampant phenomenon‚ the role of media and the impact of social
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Media has become almost as necessary as food and clothing in the twenty-first century. The meritorious role that a media plays in regenerating the society is undeniable. Various media are prevailing. Media has the duty to inform‚ educate and entertain human being. News channels and some newspapers are mouthpieces of some social issues‚ which help us to estimate the realities of lives. They also put their lives in danger during natural disasters and wars just to apprise people of the situation. Information
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