Ethics of Entertaining Media Content
Keywords:
ethic principles, media, students, entertainment program, code of journalism, ethicsAbstract
Entertainment media content attracts the attention of younger as well as older audiences. The authors examine the ethical principles that apply to entertainment media content and wonder what is ethically problematic in entertaining content and where to draw the line. The paper also analyzes the codes of ethics of European countries in order to determine whether there are specific provisions for entertaining media content. In the second part of the paper, the results of a survey conducted at the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš are presented with the aim of determining whether young people recognize violations of ethical principles in entertainment media contents. Also, the results reflects the attitudes of students in terms of paying attention to the unethical content of these media - whether ethical violations hurt their dignity and whether they feel deceived