Ethics in Entertainment and Media

What is Ethics in Entertainment all About?

😊https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_ethics Links to an external site. (below are some excerpts from wikipedia)

Media ethics is the best division of applied ethics Links to an external site. dealing with the specific ethical principles and standards of media Links to an external site., including broadcast media Links to an external site., film Links to an external site., theatre Links to an external site., the arts Links to an external site., print media Links to an external site. and the internet. The field covers many varied and highly controversial topics, ranging from war journalism Links to an external site. to Benetton Links to an external site. ad campaigns.

Media ethics promotes and defends values such as a universal respect for life and the rule of law and legality.^{[1] Links to an external site.} Media Ethics defines and deals with ethical questions about how media should use texts and pictures provided by the citizens.

Literature regarding the ways in which specifically the Internet impacts media ethics in journalism online is scarce, thereby complicating the idea for a universal code of media ethics.^{[2] Links to an external site.}

Areas of media ethics

Media ethics: Issues of moral principles and values as applied to the conduct, roles, and *content of the mass media, in particular journalism ethics and standards Links to an external site. and marketing ethics Links to an external site.; also the field of study concerned with this topic. In relation to news coverage it includes issues such as impartiality Links to an external site., objectivity Links to an external site., balance Links to an external site., bias Links to an external site., privacy, and the public interest Links to an external site.. More generally, it also includes stereotyping Links to an external site., taste and decency, obscenity Links to an external site., freedom of speech Links to an external site., advertising practices such as product placement Links to an external site., and legal issues such as defamation Links to an external site.. On an institutional level it includes debates over media ownership Links to an external site. and control, commercialization Links to an external site., accountability, the relation of the media to the political system, issues arising from regulation (e.g. censorship Links to an external site.) and deregulation Links to an external site..

Ethics of entertainment media

Issues in the ethics of entertainment media include:

• The depiction of violence and sex, and the presence of strong language Links to an external site.. Ethical guidelines and legislation in this area are common and many media (e.g. film, computer games) are subject to ratings systems and supervision by agencies. An extensive guide to international systems of enforcement can be found under motion picture rating system Links to an external site..
• “Fluff or “Celebrity News”: Over the years, print media has been dying out so journalists began to report on what is referred to as “Celebrity News”, or “Fluff.” As more outlets adopt this topic to report on, people become dependent on them. According to Alden Weight, most people know not to completely trust these outlets due to ethical discrepancies, but the issue arises when people who are not as mature or educated find these reports to be completely true.^{[5] Links to an external site.[POV? Links to an external site. – discuss Links to an external site.]}
• Product placement Links to an external site.. An increasingly common marketing Links to an external site. tactic is the placement of products in entertainment media. The producers of such media may be paid high sums to display branded products. The practice is controversial and largely unregulated. Detailed article: product placement Links to an external site..
• Advertising: Attraction and persuasion are currently found in modern journalism. It is found that these methods of advertising may alter an audience's point of view of what is realistic and falsified information.^{[5] Links to an external site.}
• Stereotypes Links to an external site.. Both advertising and entertainment media make heavy use of stereotypes Links to an external site.. Stereotypes may negatively affect people's perceptions of themselves or promote socially undesirable behavior. The stereotypical portrayals of men Links to an external site., affluence Links to an external site. and ethnic groups Links to an external site. are examples of major areas of debate
  • • Women in Media: Entertainment media often exploits female bodies by objectifying and de-humanizing them. By doing so, the concept of female bodies being bought and sold becomes common.
    • Media outlets usually use either images or imagery of female bodies to counter negative news that is provided throughout the day.^{[5] Links to an external site.}
• Taste and taboos Links to an external site.. Entertainment media often questions of our values Links to an external site. for artistic and entertainment purposes. Normative ethics Links to an external site. is often about moral values, and what kinds should be enforced and protected. In media ethics, these two sides come into conflict. In the name of art, media may deliberately attempt to break with existing norms and shock the audience. That poses ethical problems when the norms abandoned are closely associated with certain relevant moral values or obligations. The extent to which this is acceptable is always a hotbed of ethical controversy. See: Turner Prize Links to an external site., obscenity Links to an external site., freedom of speech Links to an external site., aesthetics Links to an external site..

Digital media ethics

Digital news media includes online journalism, blogging, digital photojournalism, citizen journalism and social media.^{[9] Links to an external site.} It talks about how journalism should interact and use the 'new media' to publish stories including how to use texts and images provided by other people.

Ethics of images

There are new ethical issues due to the new image technology. Citizens now have the availability to take pictures and videos from easier and faster ways like smartphones which allow them to not only collect information but also edit and manipulate it.^{[10] Links to an external site.}

This convergence of ease of capture, ease of transmission, and ease of manipulation questions the traditional principles of photojournalism which were developed for non-digital capture and transmission of pictures and video.^{[9] Links to an external site.}

The main issues regarding the new image technology is that the newsroom cannot trust the easily obtained images and also the limit of the image edit. It is vague and very difficult to decide the borderline of image manipulation.

It is very complicated and still a dilemma to clarify the principles of responsible image making and ethics on it.