Friday, January 27, 2012
The end of media ethics?
Since a lot of sources for news in the internet are unreliable, do you think that because of the vast growth of the internet, it can possibly be the end of media ethics because other mediums such as tv, radio and print wont be the primary source of news? Ive been thinking about this because i feel that too much reliance on the internet and few laws regarding the transmission of information in the web can be the end of media ethics. Another point i realized is that if the internet will soon be the #1 source of information because it seems that more and more people i know seem to have been getting their news from the internet rather than t.v., So what if there came a time where technology forces tv and other mediums to be obsolete, would it be the end of media ethics as well? It is knowing the internet it has too much sources and not everything in it is credible. So, will too much information from a lot of non-credible sources intertwining with a few credible ones be the end of media ethics?
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Marjorie,
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing up these questions. To put it bluntly, if there will be an "end" to media ethics, everything will just be a lie.
The internet is not killing media ethics, it's actually helping in disseminating information and encouraging more discussion of ethical issues. The digital age is actually opening gates to more ethical standards that need to be set in order to balance all these info.
And it's not going to die just like that even if the internet will be the number 1 source of information, because before an info comes out, it undergoes a process which involves "media ethics". Remember, in every media company or organization, standards and policies are set, every journalist adheres to this and to his/her ethics (consciously or not) and even the thought that this course is still being taught in universities.
The medium is evolving, and with that, the boundaries of ethics also changes. And once the readers, journalists, are aware of the changes (positive or not), being responsible in weighing information (who's credible or not, etc) is still part of ethical decision-making right?
What do you think, class?
Reading this article may give you some ideas too:
http://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2011/12/01/public-media-seek-integrity-in-digital-age/