Monday, 17 October 2016

LO1: Ethical Issues

Ethical issues are problems what can be offensive, misleading and defamation.
Could contain Violence. Sex, Drugs and Alcohol- Post Watershed
Ethical Issues means doing the right/ moral thing.
  1. Freedom of speech V causing offence (i.e trolling, incitement not saying nice things about somebody or something, defamation)
  2. Use of disturbing imagery (explicit sex and violence)
  3. Use of offensive materials (Racism, Sexism/ Homophobia, Use of language i.e swearing)

Consequences

Being unethical in a media product:
  1. Could get fined
  2. Lawsuit/ court procedings
  3. Product could be banned, taken out of circulation
  4. Reputation of ones who are making the product
  5. Loss of business

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