What are the Factors that go into Media Ethics?
The Surface of Media Ethics Ethics in media is very important as well as very tricky to describe as the aspects of it can vary in different situations. " Media ethics promotes and defends values such as universal respect for life and the rule of law and legality; media ethics defines and deals with ethical questions about how media should use texts and pictures provided by the citizens." Overall the final decision going into these decisions in the media is based on ethical and professional codes. Common things that get confused as ethics are feelings, religion, and law. Usually, the number one thing that is considered when looking to produce media is, "is what I am producing going to harm or hurt individuals or groups?" One common ethical approach to media ethics is the " Utilitarian Approach ," which takes both sides of what you are looking to produce and highlights the wrongs and rights and their respected outcomes, which relates to the pre...