Media Ethics - The true cost of Modern Day Gossip!

Media Ethics - The true cost of Modern Day Gossip!


Generally speaking; Stories & fables that have been a useful guide to learning whats right & whats wrong have been largely replaced by modern media.

Unfortunately somewhere along the way much of the moral fiber has been lost’ To much of the time young people idolize negative role models as Wanta be Gangster’s, Drug Dealers, Car Thief’s or worse, even Carrying Weapons, Rebelling against their parents to extents that exceed the norm’s of the past. They actually end up spending longer maturing than the short & largely harmless phases we all went through... When we look around it’s not hard to see that this pattern often extends into adult hood. Resulting in a modern world with large numbers of adults idolizing & becoming the same negative role models.. People complain about the stresses of modern societies. In this way it can seem that some of the old ways where better.

I beleive there’s a very good Ethical case Not for severely suppressing the media’ But for on occasions applying ethical restraints to Media Reporting, Film & Music Production. This has been tried in the past & was disastrous due to the involvement of fanatics who went away too far..

Other good examples of when ethical restraints should be applied include

When the deviant action of a group or individual is given a label. IE: Muslim or Christian & actually fuels Ethnic conflict between Muslim & Christian.. Would be more useful to apply a Label that says’s what they actually are "A Deviant individual or Group" Muslim & Christian are Big Labels that apply to billions of people.. It’s not wise to continue the mistakes of the past by dragging everyone into conflict over the actions of a few..

Drug & Alcohol Abuse should not be portrayed as cool’ There would be nothing wrong with people doing things in moderation. The problem is these are addictive substances! Weather it be Chemical or Social Addiction it’s a handicap people could do without... Without the widespread "cool" portrayal we see in the media people would be more likely to come to the mature understanding that these things are to be used Sparingly OR Not at all! If we are really to enjoy life to the full instead of our mass culturel trend of people living to get wasted at the weekend...

Based on the current social acceptance & the principle that any publicity is good publicity! It’s currently fashionable for celebraties to be seen coming in & out of Rehab, portraying themselves as more of a mess than they actually are, making use of the publicity "a place in the spotlight!" There are genuine cases, but even these seem to turn it into more than it is. People with their resources are well capable making better attemps of hiding a few weeks of rehab when they want to. In reality ADDICTION is Not so "Cool" !!! It’s an enemy of the worst type, the type that creeps up on you stealing years of your life, Messing up family & friendships, And most of all Robbing you of your potential... The Media could do more to report on what this actually does to society as a whole. Those that use this style as publicity with no regard to it’s consequences on the young & influenceable deserve character assassination or infamy not fame!

"Even that phrase Anti social behaviour is now a label which is seen as cool" UNTIL YOU FIND IT IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD!