Annotation
In the current era of increasing influence of the media on political, social and economic life, media ethics is becoming a necessity not only for professionals and specialists, but in fact for everyone. The lectures will focus on two sets of issues: the ethical significance of the media as a source of information and the media as a factor of cultural and moral change. In the margin, we will also look at specific tools of media ethics and the new ethics of the audience. Program
1) The conflict between the right to information and the protection of private sphere
2) The problem of truth and truthful information
3) The right to free expression, the problem of fake news censorship
4) The pedagogical influence of the media
5) The problem of protecting traditions, cultures and minorities
6) Trivialisation and commercialisation of everyday life
7) Market pressure and economization
8) The social problem of isolation and loneliness
9) Tools of media ethics
10) Ethics of the audience