Ethical Issues
Influence - The themes in a game/movie/book that can inspire a person to act a certain way or a certain thing.
Taboos - Deliberately breaking existing norms to shock the audience without regards to moral rights.
Product placement - Blatant advertising in films or videogames.
Regarding some songs, they could be censored due to explicit language or themes. Ultra is the next festival to implement age restrictions for future editions of the festival, perhaps in response to the recent drug deaths at events around the country and the fact that it was almost kicked out of the city of Miami following an incident where a security guard was almost trampled to death by a crowd of gate-crashes.
Stereotype - a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Influence - The themes in a game/movie/book that can inspire a person to act a certain way or a certain thing.
Taboos - Deliberately breaking existing norms to shock the audience without regards to moral rights.
Product placement - Blatant advertising in films or videogames.
Regarding some songs, they could be censored due to explicit language or themes. Ultra is the next festival to implement age restrictions for future editions of the festival, perhaps in response to the recent drug deaths at events around the country and the fact that it was almost kicked out of the city of Miami following an incident where a security guard was almost trampled to death by a crowd of gate-crashes.
Starting next year, the new age requirements will be 18+ to attend Ultra Music Festival. An official announcement hasn’t been made yet, but recent flyers have advertised presale tickets with the new restrictions.
The text next to the 18+ stamp reads: “The safety and security of our attendees, artists/performers, and personnel are our utmost priority and concern.”
Pirate radio can also link into this with freely using explicit language and revolving around a crude and/or sexual nature. Furthering the point made before about Ultra, many music festivals also have age restrictions due to general safety issues or in regards to the artists performing. (Via http://www.di.fm/umfradio)
Defamation is the thing that is most likely to get you into trouble with the law as a journalist. It is ‘the lowering of reputation’ in right-thinking people. If you say or broadcast or publish something that makes people think less of an individual or company or institution. The law covers people and companies, not goods. It is the making public (which is what the media does) of the statement or footage that is defamatory.
An individual can sue for damage to their reputation caused by material broadcast by a third party – you, the reporter or news reader, are that third party. They can sue you or the company you work for! If you lose the case, the organisation you work for will incur a big fine.
Contempt of court is area of law designed to balance the right to a fair trial with freedom of speech. It is to prevent journalists from publishing/broadcasting things which will get in the way of a fair justice system.
If you are found guilty of contempt of court you’re looking at a big fine and possibly prison – though this is unlikely.
(Photo taken by myself. Ed Sheeran, live performance. Does not sing any offensive words or curses during songs due to contentment purposes.
Pirate radio can also link into this with freely using explicit language and revolving around a crude and/or sexual nature. Furthering the point made before about Ultra, many music festivals also have age restrictions due to general safety issues or in regards to the artists performing. (Via http://www.di.fm/umfradio)
Defamation is the thing that is most likely to get you into trouble with the law as a journalist. It is ‘the lowering of reputation’ in right-thinking people. If you say or broadcast or publish something that makes people think less of an individual or company or institution. The law covers people and companies, not goods. It is the making public (which is what the media does) of the statement or footage that is defamatory.
An individual can sue for damage to their reputation caused by material broadcast by a third party – you, the reporter or news reader, are that third party. They can sue you or the company you work for! If you lose the case, the organisation you work for will incur a big fine.
Contempt of court is area of law designed to balance the right to a fair trial with freedom of speech. It is to prevent journalists from publishing/broadcasting things which will get in the way of a fair justice system.
If you are found guilty of contempt of court you’re looking at a big fine and possibly prison – though this is unlikely.
(Photo taken by myself. Ed Sheeran, live performance. Does not sing any offensive words or curses during songs due to contentment purposes.
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