The Inconsistency of the Mass Media with Moral Principles
12/10/2009 The Inconsistency of the Mass Media with Moral Principles | |
Mediated Communications | Final Paper |
In today’s society there are many mass media practices that I feel are inconsistent with moral principles. Forms including internet pop-ups, junk emails, and television news are just three of the many ways that the mass media is inconsistent with moral principles. Even though we, as a society, face this issue every day, there is one way to bypass it. That method is to be media literate. Media literate viewers have the knowledge of what is right or wrong, what is important or unimportant, and what is true or false. In a general sense, media literate viewers can identify something that is not accurately portrayed to the audiences. Consequently, we see how crucial it is to be media literate so that we do not fall into the misconceptions portrayed to us on a daily basis. This paper will discuss the different ways that the mass media is inconsistent with moral principles and then explain how media literacy can help society avoid each of these issues.
When surfing the web, we are often bombarded with pop-ups. The worst part is that these pop-ups rarely help us in what we are looking for. Nearly every time a pop-up comes on the screen it is advertising a download that is unsafe. They also advertise other websites that will redirect you to other places so that in the end you will have no idea how you got to the site you finish on. Pop-ups cannot be argued as moral in my opinion. These unexpected messages are misleading and do not give you the option to view them or not; they just “pop right up” (hence the name). At random, these messages will appear making you believe that the site you meant to explore intentionally granted access for the pop-up to appear, signaling a safe, secure site. However, more than not, the pop-ups are displayed at random times because hackers can get around website securities. With that said, the links they post on the
Mediated Communications | Final Paper |
In today’s society there are many mass media practices that I feel are inconsistent with moral principles. Forms including internet pop-ups, junk emails, and television news are just three of the many ways that the mass media is inconsistent with moral principles. Even though we, as a society, face this issue every day, there is one way to bypass it. That method is to be media literate. Media literate viewers have the knowledge of what is right or wrong, what is important or unimportant, and what is true or false. In a general sense, media literate viewers can identify something that is not accurately portrayed to the audiences. Consequently, we see how crucial it is to be media literate so that we do not fall into the misconceptions portrayed to us on a daily basis. This paper will discuss the different ways that the mass media is inconsistent with moral principles and then explain how media literacy can help society avoid each of these issues.
When surfing the web, we are often bombarded with pop-ups. The worst part is that these pop-ups rarely help us in what we are looking for. Nearly every time a pop-up comes on the screen it is advertising a download that is unsafe. They also advertise other websites that will redirect you to other places so that in the end you will have no idea how you got to the site you finish on. Pop-ups cannot be argued as moral in my opinion. These unexpected messages are misleading and do not give you the option to view them or not; they just “pop right up” (hence the name). At random, these messages will appear making you believe that the site you meant to explore intentionally granted access for the pop-up to appear, signaling a safe, secure site. However, more than not, the pop-ups are displayed at random times because hackers can get around website securities. With that said, the links they post on the
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