Chapter 12
Media ethics
12.1 Summary
The audiovisual industry is a high profile business sector in modern society. Film, television and other media communication channels have had a profound effect upon society within modern western culture. Watching television is a major pasttime for many people. It has been accused of being a key influence in aspects of antisocial behaviour, and of being the underlying reason for obesity in children and teenagers of the 1990s. In the near future it will have an even more profound effect upon people throughout the rest of the world, as greater opportunities to view become available. Most texts on media ethics have been concerned with the controversies of the day and the representation of individuals and organisations ...
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