Media ethics

Media ethics is that universe of ethicsdealing with the particular ethical principles and standards of media, worldwide. Media ethics includes, but is not limited to, ethical dilemmasand other such questions of mass media. One important subsection of media ethics is journalism ethics. Also of relevancy are questions with regard to printand electronicmedia content, community standards, media censorship, media bias (in the U.S., "liberal" vs. "conservative" bias), propaganda, and related issues as viewed from the standpoint of ethics. Media ethics also deals with the relationship of media and media economicswhere things such as -- deregulationof media, concentration of media ownership, FCCregulations in the U.S, media trade unionsand labor issues, and other such worldwide regulating bodies, citizen media(low power FM, community radio) -- have ethical implications.

See also

• Ethics
• Journalism ethics and standards

External links

• The Journal of Mass Media Ethics
• Poynter Institute bibliography of Media ethics
• U.S. Government reference "Global Issues, Media and Ethics"
• Media Ethics Resources on World Wide WebEthics Resources on the web -- developed, funded, and maintained for nearly a decade as a project of the W. Maurice Young Centre
• Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law
• Indiana School of Journalism, Journalism ethics cases
• A Yahoo Directory, Media Ethics and Accountability
• Ethics on the Webfrom the School of Communications at California State University, Fullerton

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