Introduction to Media Ethics
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Sabina Jafarova Email: sabina.jafarova@khas.edu.tr
Introduction to Media Ethics
- 1. Ethics in Media/key principles CF301 Communication Ethics and Rights. Fall, 2012. Instructor: Ayten Gorgun Smith Teaching assitant: Sabina Jafarova Kadir Has University Grad. Stud. Kadir Has University Faculty of Communications Faculty of Communications Department of Public Department of New Media Relations and Information
- 2. Definition of Ethics. • The way people behave based on how their beliefs about what is right and wrong influence behavior (www.ethics.org/resource/definitions- values). • ‘Ethics’ comes from the Greek ‘Ethos’, meaning character, or what a good person is or does to have a good character (Jay Black and Chris Roberts Doing Ethics in Media, pp. 17).
- 3. Doing ethics we consider… • Which values take precedence? • What would my moral heroes and sheroes do? • To whom do we owe something? • Why ought we behave in particular way? • What are the consequences of our behaviors? Source: Jay Black and Chris Roberts Doing Ethics in Media, pp. 23
- 4. Ethics in Journalism • Society of Professional Journalists’ code of ethics has 4 main tenants: Seek truth and report it! Minimize harm Act independently Be accountable Source: http://spj.org/ethicscode.asp
- 5. Key Principles of Ethics in Media. ‘It is about the journey, not destination!’ Key thinkers about Ethics
- 6. Aristotle: ‘Emotion and desire have roles to play in decision making.’ Photo courtesy:www.britannica.com
- 7. Immanuel Kant: ‘People are owed respect not because of what they do or who they are, but because they are human beings with a capacity for reason.’ Photo courtesy: http://en.wikipedia.org
- 8. John Stuart Mill: ‘All actions, then, must be evaluated on the basis of how much overall pleasure they produce.’ Photo courtesy: http://en.wikipedia.org
- 9. W.D.Ross: ‘Rightness and goodness are objective features of the world in just the way that shape, size, and mass are objective feature.’ Photo courtesy: http://ethicsinpr.wikispaces.com
- 10. John Rawls: ‘Principle of justice is the foundation of social order.’ Photo courtesy: http://www.britannica.com
- 11. Key Principles of Ethics in Media. • Idealism-how strongly we feel about the pursuit of humanitarian goals. • Relativism-belief that the only way we can decide what’s ethical and what’s not is to rely on our own experiences and internal moral ‘compass’. Source: Patrick Lee Plaisance Media Ethics; Key Principles for Responsible Practice pp.13
- 12. Readings: Jay Black and Chris Roberts Doing Ethics in Media; Theories and Practical Applications, ‘Ethics and Moral Reasoning’, London: Routledge, 2011 pp.17-37. Patrick Lee Plaisance Media Ethics; Key Principles for Responsible Practice, ‘Ethics theory and overview’, London: SAGE publications, 2009 pp.1-22.