The Media and Its Responsibilities

Today’s mainstream media has a deep influence on numerous aspects of economical and social life, it provides information and data almost on everything that happens on our planet. Mainstream media became one of the most important and influential instruments in our society, as the news stories reach a large numbers of people in a short time. Different people are using mainstream media as a first source of information; humans need the information, which is why there is a great deal of trust on media. We follow the news because it is our duty as citizens to be informed; it gives us the facts that help us make the right decisions and also gives us something to talk about. The media has a great public responsibility in front of their audience;

The media also plays the role of a "watchdog" in observing the government closely and

Over the centuries, the media has played a significant role in the shaping of societies across the globe. This is especially true of developed nations where media access is readily available to the average citizen. The media has contributed to the creation of ideologies and ideals within a society. The media has such an effect on social life, that a simple as a news story has the power to shake a nation. Because of this, governments around the world have made it their duty to be active in the regulation and control of media access in their countries. The media however, has quickly become dominated by major mega companies who own numerous television, radio and movie companies both nationally and

Ethics in culture, there are ethical dilemmas in almost any movie, tv show or book. If you turn on your tv at any point throughout the day you will not be hard-pressed to find a show that is centered on a social issue. For my ethics in culture assignment, I picked a tv show that sparked many conversations across the world on a complicated ethical dilemma, that show being Breaking Bad. Here is a show that hit 10.3 million viewers and millions more on the internet. It is one of the most successful show of the last 20 years. The show 's basic premise is about a teacher who “breaks bad” with a former student. They do all kinds of unethical things, including the likes of cooking and selling meth, stealing and murder. He does many immoral things, but to many it is justifiable. Why is this one may ask? Well Walter White, the protagonist or antagonist depending on how you see him, does all of this to pay for his cancer treatment.

In today’s society, more people use mass media sources such as Facebook, Twitter, (Internet users—21%) and major news corporations like Fox, CBS, and NBC, etc. (Television viewers—55%) for their information on politics and government (Saad). People have this information twenty-four hours a day, right at their fingertips. While these are quick and seemingly easy sources, they are not always the best choices because media companies are not always giving out information with the public’s best interest at heart. There are a large number of companies that focus on how much money they will bring in. The media, therefore, has an essential duty to always be truthful but also a duty not to betray the trust put into it by society. The media’s need

By show of hands how many people in here have heard the terms: left wing and right wing? Some people understand that it is political jargon for political division, others may be staring at their television wondering why the news is talking about bird anatomy. Many people hear these terms, but do not understand what they mean. I myself was one of those who did not understand, not a bird enthusiast, but one who was in the dark about what the terms meant. This was until a year and a half ago when our big trip called the 2016 election began. I began watching the news and researched were the various terms came from, as well as where I stood on that line. Jonah Goldberg, a columnist for National Review online, claims that americans as a whole having become much more accepting of one each other, so long as they have the same view (“The Current Political Divide”). What the writer means is that we the people are willing to accept anything except opposing views. Understanding what the division is, as where the left and the right view things, is a big first step in deciding where you stand and which group to support.

The duty of journalists is to tell the truth. Journalism means you go back to the actual facts, you look at the documents, you discover what the record is, and you report it that way. — Chomsky 2008

Imagine a world in which you did not have access to any news – the only thing you consider current events is what you yourself see and what you hear from others. Obviously, this world would be very problematic. We all rely on the news media to connect us to the entire world, which is why the role of journalists is essential. Journalists have the very important duty of reporting on current events accurately and objectively. Along with written text, pictures also tell a story, which presents a continuous ethical issue for many journalists. Although newspapers and magazines routinely publish photos, there are many ethical values that journalists must consider before publishing those photos, such as the impact a photo or video could have

The media play a critical role in society. The media are the ones who tell the people about who they are as a nation; they also tell the nation the values and norms that they should live by as a nation and they also give examples of what happens to those who breaks these norms; and most importantly, they perpetuate certain ways of seeing the world and peoples within that world, so in other words the media provide us with the ways we think and do and how we see each other (Yasmin Jiwani, 1993).

Media plays a big role in society these days. Whether it be letting society know what is going on the in the world today or something as simple as updates on current life on social media. The media's role in society not only delivers information of the world but also brings people together through common interests or general talks. In Brian Knappenberger's documentary: Nobody Speak: Trials of Free Press it is seen how media effect lives and how there is a much stronger meaning to what media stands for in society and why media needs to take its stand when it comes to people who want to devour them.

The role of the media is to formally update the people about what is happening in the world around them. This means that it should give the audience an objective view of what is occurring without violating any human rights or offending viewers. Since there are no certain limitations put on broadcasting violent material, some Arab media channels like Al-Jazeera started excelling in giving the viewer a complete picture about what is occurring in warring nations. From broadcasting the casualties on the battlefield to airing hostage torture videos, Al-Jazeera and other news channels are airing more graphic footage, and this has many negative effects on the viewing public. Terrorists make use of this extra publicity that these networks give

The topic I chose to explore more in depth with is the issue of media and the ethics behind responsible news coverage. I wanted to examine the guidelines of media reporting as well as if proper aspects of responsibility, morality, and privacy is taking place when the news instantly reports on different public issues, crimes, and incidents around the country. For example, your child is at school when a gunman invades and openly shoots many other children and teachers in the building. It feels like switch, within minutes of the event even occurring pictures are shown on the TV of a classroom maybe even your own child and her class walking out of the building in fear, that night it’s on the front page of the newspaper and you had no idea. Is this acceptable? Are there any rules or say in approving this? For me personally I would be angry in that their was no consent for that my child to be shown in that way after something so terrible happening. I wanted to investigate media coverage and events in relation to ethical guidelines of how scenarios should be handled and if they are, in fact, followed in the ways learned in our from our textbook.

The media is becoming more and more accepted each year. Everybody uses the internet, whether it’s for education, hobbies or entertainment, it’s recognised as a bad thing but in other eyes a good utensil for education or in general. There are TV shows that could be bias or give others knowledge, or the news that can again give knowledge or spread rumors. Then theres religion, religion has impacted many peoples lives and currently still is, it has changed people completely, for better and for worse. But both media and religion have something in common, both can impact people and both can be recognised as either principled and virtuous or harmful and detrimental. This topic is extremely relevant to todays society as the media is used so

Discuss the media’s responsibilities when it comes to reporting on Indigenous citizens or minority ethnic groups. Taking into account both journalism’s “fourth estate” function and its privileged position in the public sphere, consider why the issue of setting guidelines for “race reporting” is an often divisive one. Be sure to refer to the readings set for relevant topics. llustrate your discussion with references to specific cases where relevant.

Officials should increase the mass media sense of accountability, responsibility and their obligation to enforce impartial and noble values such as truth, honesty and so forth. Consumer mass media, especially those who are responsible as parents, teachers, political leaders and administrators should be more wise in the lead, guide, improve rationality, maturity and alertness and ability to choose to broadcast a more useful waching by children or those who are under their care. Mass media can also actually be a vehicle through various channels such as information technology, advanced Internet, multimedia and so on.