Media Ethics Research Articles

Etika Komunikasi Islam Dalam Media Sosial

Current technological developments, especially informatics and communication have reached a golden point, one of which is social media. This is evidenced by human activities, which range from children, teenagers to the elderly who are completely dependent on social media and have become a necessity of their life. Social media has quite a lot of positive impacts on people's lives, but it can also have negative impacts if its users are too excessive. Therefore, the self-awareness of media users is very important to be improved and supported by ethics or Islamic teachings in social media. This is considering that what is media content will be able to influence self-image and affect the relationships that exist with other parties. Freedom of opinion, the freedom of sharing offered by social media should be addressed wisely by paying attention to Islamic ethics in social media. The purpose of writing this paper is to analyze how the ethics of social media in the Islamic view. The writing method uses literature review with reference to several sources, both primary and secondary sources originating from several books, the Koran, al-Hadith and journals. Based on the results of the paper analysis, it can be concluded that a Muslim in socializing using social media should always uphold ethics in socializing and respecting fellow creatures of Allah, because every deed done in this world will be accounted for in the hereafter. The benefits of social media are quite a lot to seek the blessing of Allah SWT, depending on its use, whether it is used for good or bad things.

Strategies for checking misinformation: An approach from the Global South

The manipulation of information to suit one’s vested interests is a growing hazard. It has elements of disinformation, misinformation and fake news, and lacks authenticity. Such manipulation and distortion of facts can have serious consequences for a community, especially in a diverse nation like India. It calls for strict measures and awareness to check this spread. Technology further catalyses such dissemination. Institutions, libraries, governments and the media are all deliberating effective means to distinguish fake news from authentic news. This article details some such initiatives. It discusses the Government of India’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, to curb such deceitful dissemination, elements of which can be replicable in other geographies. It spotlights the issue and underscores the need for media and information literacy for all to be more discerning during the reception, consumption and assimilation of information before responding to it. Further, the fact-checking initiatives and Information Technology Rules as taken and framed in India may be replicated in other countries.

Transforming journalism in Vietnam: An exploration of two Swedish Media Aid projects

In this article, I examine the development of journalism in Vietnam by exploring documentation from two media aid projects carried out by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) from 1993 until 2007. The project documents contain fieldnotes, evaluations and reflections from the trainers who were recruited from Swedish media houses to conduct training in Vietnam. A qualitative document analysis was used to examine the content with a conceptual framework built on notions of comparative media systems, global media ethics and the salience of social connections in Vietnam. The findings explore how the Swedish media aid intervened in the Vietnamese media by contributing to a technological transition of journalism although the training in newsroom management and media ethics were challenged by conflicting journalism ideology and social norms. The article contributes to the existing research on media development, reflections on media aid and the development of Vietnamese journalism by analysing project documents that provide first-hand information from a period when Vietnamese journalism underwent a dramatic transition towards the digitalized media system existing today.

Initiative for ethical media reporting about mental health

IntroductionAs a part of continuous destigmatization of mental illness and paople with mental disorders significant importance has media reporting, especially in modern times.ObjectivesMedia reports about mental health (MH) are still an issue of a great discussion concerning their content especially in ethical matters. Many initiatives in different countries resulted in various changes in attitudes and influenced on this topic. But the image of mental illness as well as psychiatry in general are still burdened with the shadow of stigma.MethodsTo show development of one of initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) supported by policy makers through the creation and broad distribution of recommendations for ethical media reporting about mental disorders.ResultsIn 2019 Task Force appointed by both entities’ ministries of health in BH developed an publication with recommendation for ethical reporting about mental health topics with special highlights on specific mental disorders (schizophrenia, depression, suicide, addictions, etc.). It was widely distributed to media and health institutions in the country and was officially adopted as the recommendation of the national Regulatory Agency for Media. Trough five rounds of educational workshops in 2019 and 2021 more than 150 media and mental health professionals were introduced with the publication as well as practical implementation of this recommendations (as is exercises of giving statement).ConclusionsIn BH is developed very useful tool for more quality media reporting about MH topics as one of important ways for reducing the stigma and discrimination of people with mental disorders as well as promotion of good mental healthDisclosureNo significant relationships.

PREVENTION OF ONLINE FAKE NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LITERATURE REVIEW APPROACH

The title of this paper is prevention of online fake news on social media during COVID-19 Pandemic: A literature review approach.Fake news or hoax has disrupted the original or authenticity of information, especially when social media become a flatform in disseminating fake news. And during COVID-19 Pandemic, online fake news on social media has been spread everywhere.The aims of this paper to discuss and explorer prevention of online fake news on social media during COVID-19 Pandemic. This paper applied qualitative research methods by using conceptual research and conceptual paper basically will provide logic and argument based on the literature review to explain a certain issue related to prevention of online fake news on social media during COVID-19 Pandemic.Based on study finding, prevention of online fake news on social media during COVID-19 Pandemic has clearly discuss from many sources. Bahri and Sosial, said there is two ways on prevention user from online fake news when using social media is with cognitive skill and critical thinking. Another way is stated by BNPT, social media user is suggested no to easily trust one piece of information when the source is not clear. Check news content and sources deliver news. Third and fourth, corrects and compare the information can trust or not. Fifth, do not spread it to other if user not sure validity of information. KOMINFO also said social media user must be careful with provocative titles, pay attention to the site address that information, fact check, check the authenticity, and joint anti Hoax forum to prevent social media user trapped in online fake news. Kementrian Agama also said, social media user must be able to filter the truth of the information circulating before it spreads. Second, remember ethics in social media. Third, be careful of unknown accounts. Fourth, do not upload information that conflicts with Sara. Fifth, use social media to expand the network. Sixth, include the source of the information content uploaded. Seventh, do not upload information when source is not clear. And lastly, using social media for self-development. Allah SWT also says in Surah Al-Hujarat:6 and An-Nur: 19 to verify all information that we get and do not spread fake news.

Perwujudan Etika Islam dalam Bermedia Sosial melalui Karya Jurnal Ilmiah Siswa sebagai Implementasi Kurikulum Merdeka di SMA Al Islam 1 Surakarta

Students at SMA Al Islam 1 Surakarta actually have sensitivity to the surrounding environment, not least in seeing and critically assessing the behavior of their peers in social media. It's just that students' concerns about Islamic ethics in social media need to be poured into positive things, such as writing a journal. This study aims to examine students' understanding of Islamic ethics and the challenges they face in writing scientific journals. The results of this study indicate the existence of an independent curriculum as a facilitator to encourage students to write scientific journals.

Book Review: Entertaining Ethics: Lessons in Media Ethics from Popular Culture, by Chad Painter and Lee Wilkins

Book Review: <i>Entertaining Ethics: Lessons in Media Ethics from Popular Culture</i>, by Chad Painter and Lee Wilkins

The Art of Being Ethical and Responsible: Print Media Debate on Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland and Sweden

After decades of preparation, the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel has reached the construction stage in Finland, and the neighboring Sweden is likely to soon follow in the footsteps. These Nordic countries rely on a similar technical concept based on passive safety, advocated as a means of minimizing the burden to future generations. The scholarly literature on the ethics of nuclear waste management has thus far paid little attention to the views of the broader publics on the associated ethical challenges. This article helps to fill the gap through a longitudinal and comparative analysis of ethical discussion of the final disposal of SNF in news articles and letters to the editor in four leading Finnish and Swedish daily newspapers in 2008–2015. The study period included major milestones in the licensing processes of the respective two repository projects. The article examines the attention paid to intra- and intergenerational distributive and procedural justice, the changes in the ethical agenda over time, and the societal actor groups that receive attention in the media. The analysis reveals two distinct ethical media agendas: (1) the news article agenda that is dominated by framings of the main players (industry, politicians, authorities, and experts) and largely excludes future generations from the scope of justice, and (2) the agenda represented by the letters to the editor, which focuses on intergenerational justice concerns. Particularly, in the Finnish letters to the editor the value of the lives of distant future generations was discounted implicitly.

CYBERBULLYING’S FORMS AND IMPLICATIONS AMONG STUDENTS WITH PESANTREN BACKGROUND AND ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS

As internet users in Indonesia increased by 11% from the previous year, Indonesians are getting more immersive with digital environment. In addition, the pandemic may be one of the drivers of the increase. The trend of using social media has a significant impact on people's social life, including the occurrence of bullying through online media, known as cyberbullying. The study aims to identify forms and impacts of cyberbullying among students of Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universitas Islam Indonesia with pesantren background and active social media users. With the descriptive qualitative method, the researchers applied purposive sampling in determining the respondents. The results of this study indicate that 84.6% of respondents know the definition of cyberbullying. 61.5% of respondents stated that they experienced at least 2 of 7 types of cyberbullying. The interview shows 3 forms of cyberbullying, such as, online harassments, flaming, and exclusion. The informants' reactions to cyberbullying are feeling annoyed, angry, hurt, disappointed, afraid, shock, overthinking, insecure, anxious, embarrassed, sad, concerned, retaliation to the perpetrators, and suicidal attempt. The informants' coping mechanisms are meeting a professional, remaining silent, suppressing their feelings, holding back their anger, blocking any communication access to the bully, and conducting activities to distract them from the occurred cyberbullying (e.g., playing games, journaling, relaxing, and sleeping). The interview also indicates negative and positive consequences of cyberbullying. Finally, the informants believes that social media ethics promoted via digital literacy campaign to young adults will be a solution which will significantly contribute to preventing cyberbullying.

Mass Media Ethics in Views of Islam and Role of social media in Human's Socialization

Mass Media Ethics in Views of Islam and Role of social media in Human's Socialization

Ethical Aspects in Media towards Children in Armed Conflict

The study aimed to identify the moral role that the media plays towards children during armed conflicts. This study is considered as one of the descriptive studies using the content analysis method. The sample used by the researcher was determined using the class method for the year (2015) with a period of (3 months) Which represents the time sample, while the volume of media reports that were analyzed reached (887) media reports distributed over the period , and the study yielded the following results: - The topic of "International Humanitarian Law" was number one onthe list of topics with 22.2%, Followed by the second position of the Commission on Human Rights with 12.2%. the study results indicate that the international news agencies were first ranked among all sources with (49.6%), Followed by agencies+channel sources with (22.6%). The written news reports are the type used by theAl Arabiya website in its coverage of the ethical aspects in the media about Yemen children during armed conflict with (62.1%). Keywords: Media Ethics, Armed Conflict, News Reports, Al Arabiya Channel.

‘Cyber warfare’ in style: Cambridge Analytica and a mediatized ethics of fashion

On 29 November 2018, Christopher Wylie – a former Ph.D. researcher in fashion trends and the whistleblower of Cambridge Analytica – delivered a speech to The Business of Fashion’s VOICES conference, detailing how the firm harvested the data of more than 87 million Facebook users and utilized fashion psychographic brand preferences as measurable and estimable data that could be manipulated to influence political opinion through targeted psychographic social media content. This article takes Cambridge Analytica as a point of departure to explore interstices between fashion brands and consumers, and entrenched surveillance, in a mediatized field of fashion and within the culture wars. Jodi Dean’s concept of communicative capitalism, in which consumer statements take the form of affective bursts disseminated into and captured via the network under a market logic, articulates how our desires and/as identities can be honed to alter democratic processes and outcomes. Extending an affect framework, I posit that formations of consumer or user affect characterize relations between fashion companies and consumers in a politicized climate. This paper issues a call to scrutinize issues of media ethics, discourse and surveillance that these cases raise via a fashion studies perspective that perceives aesthetic preference as formative and reflective of global politics.

Prime Time News Bulletins: Exploring the Status of PEMRA Code of Ethics

Media ethics is a debatable issue among scholars and researchers. This study has examined the media ethics being practiced by Pakistani media outlets through a comparative analysis of defamatory,violence, indecency, hate speech and privacy in the news bulletins (9 pm) of three private news channels i.e. Geo news, ARY news and 24 news over a period of three months. The study also examines if the code of conduct enacted by the Private Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA)had any relevance to these channels. Using the content analysis research technique, the researchers found that each news channel carried indecent,defamatory, violent, hate speech and privacy content in its nine pm news bulletins. ARY news had more instances of defamatory. It was revealed that PEMRA's code of conduct had little relevance to these channels as they were found involved in an overt breach of its regulations.

Investigation of the effects of consumers' attitudes towards social media advertisements on their purchasing behaviours

Today, brands and businesses widely use social media ads to reach targeted customers. Therefore, examining the effect of social media advertisements on consumers' purchasing decisions stands out as an essential research topic. For this reason, it is crucial to reveal the factors that are effective in the purchasing behaviour of consumers in advertisements made on social media. In the light of these facts, effects of the ad credibility, perceived personalisation, ethics of social media advertising, attitude towards social media advertising variables on social shopping intention and the moderating effects of gender, age and educational status were examined. The research gathered data from 421 individuals living in Kocaeli via a questionnaire technique, and the obtained data were analysed using hierarchical regression tests. Findings of the analysis indicate that ad credibility, ethics of social media advertising and attitude towards social media advertising positively affect social shopping intention. Furthermore, age was found to have a moderating role between social shopping intention and ethics of social media advertising and attitude towards social media advertising. In contrast, educational status was found to have a moderating role between social shopping intention and ad credibility and attitude towards social media advertising. This study is expected to clarify the factors for the social shopping intention with demographic differences.

Code of ethics for electronic media in Pakistan

“Who will watch the watchdog” This praise became popular in Pakistan when Geo, one of Pakistan's most-watched television news channels in Pakistan, has many times violated codes of ethics that were proposed by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) (Pakistan Voice, 2012, p. 2-6). Media plays an important role in our daily lives, as its basic function is to inform, educate and entertain. Today?s world media is getting more and more power because it plays a role of watchdog on politicians, governments, judiciary and our actions and can quickly inform masses and disseminate information across the globe. Therefore, freedom of media is very essential if it plays a constructive and significant role for people living in a democratic country like Pakistan. But if the press itself is not free then how can it play a constructive role or can raise voice for the rights of the citizens. Edmund Burkey (1787) stated that media is the fourth-pillar of the state. He termed it fourth-pillar because of its constructive role in our lives, the press or media can only perform its sacred duties of the fourth estate if it is free and independent in covering different aspects of life, whether it is politics, education, health, religion, war zone or any other important topics. Most importantly, it is only possible if the job is done professionally, ethically and with full responsibility.

Etika Bermedia Sosial dalam Perspektif Al-Qur’an dan Hukum Negara di Era Revolusi Industri 4.0 dan Society 5.0

This study aims to determine the ethics of social media based on the perspective of the Qur'an and state law in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0. This study uses a qualitative approach through descriptive-analytical methods. The results and discussion of this study indicate that the ethics of social media in the perspective of the Qur'an and state law in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0 can minimize the problems faced by social media users if understood and applied in life. This study concludes that the ethics of social media in the perspective of the Qur'an and state law in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 and society 5.0 is indeed very necessary to control humans in social media. This study recommends digital technology observers, especially social media and legal experts who work together to monitor and handle new and more complex problems in social media.

Penyuluhan Pentingnya Etika Bermedia Sosial Bagi Seorang Muslim Guna Mencegah Penyalahgunaan Dalam Bermedia Sosial

The development of technology that is growing rapidly makes information easily spread and accepted. The development of technology which is accompanied by the presence of increasingly varied social media provides changes in social life. This is a digital era where all activities are related to digital. Everything that is done is inseparable from social media. Islam is a religion that likes peace and does not like division, therefore when using social media as a Muslim, you must pay attention to the applicable ethics and adab. Therefore, the researcher conducted outreach activities on the importance of social media ethics for a Muslim. The purpose of the counseling activity is to educate the importance of ethics in using social media, especially for a Muslim

John Martin-Joy. Diagnosing from a Distance: Debates over Libel Law, Media, and Psychiatric Ethics from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trump.

J<scp>ohn</scp> M<scp>artin</scp>-J<scp>oy</scp>. <i>Diagnosing from a Distance: Debates over Libel Law, Media, and Psychiatric Ethics from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trump</i>.

The Effect of Digital Literacy on Social Media Ethics

The lack of understanding of grade 9 students of junior high school, about digital literacy and social media ethics needs to be considered. This is because technology is increasingly sophisticated, making it easy for anyone to access it, including teenagers. By using a digital literacy assessment, researchers seek to increase understanding of social media ethics. The activity method used is google form with purposive sampling technique. Purposive sampling technique is a sampling technique based on characteristics to achieve the objectives of this study. The respondents were 10 students in grade 9 of junior high school, consisting of five male and five females. The questions given are in the form of 10 pre-test questions and 10 post- test questions. The results showed that respondents did not really understand social media ethics. However, after giving the material through digital literacy, the respondents showed a significant change. Respondents are also encouraged to start paying attention to social media &nbsp;ethics.

Enactive Principles for the Ethics of User Interactions on Social Media: How to Overcome Systematic Misunderstandings Through Shared Meaning-Making

This paper proposes three principles for the ethical design of online social environments aiming to minimise the unintended harms caused by users while interacting online, specifically by enhancing the users’ awareness of the moral load of their interactions. Such principles would need to account for the strong mediation of the digital environment and the particular nature of user interactions: disembodied, asynchronous, and ambiguous intent about the target audience. I argue that, by contrast to face to face interactions, additional factors make it more difficult for users to exercise moral sensitivity in an online environment. An ethics for social media user interactions is ultimately an ethics of human relations mediated by a particular environment; hence I look towards an enactive inspired ethics in formulating principles for human interactions online to enhance or at least do not hinder a user’s moral sensitivity. This enactive take on social media ethics supplements classical moral frameworks by asking us to focus on the relations established through the interactions and the environment created by those interactions.