Advocation of Media Ethical Principles and Moral Interventions in the New Media Age: an Interview with Prof. Clifford Christians

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10) : 45-54.

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Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10) : 45-54.

Advocation of Media Ethical Principles and Moral Interventions in the New Media Age: an Interview with Prof. Clifford Christians

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An earlier version was published in Media Ethics Magazine, Spring 2017, as “Media Ethics in the New Media Age: An Interview with Clifford Christians”. (www.mediaethicsmagazine.com). Interview Background Media ethics which are the basic requirements of morality to the mass media, media institutions, media practitioners and their audience are the values and principles of the main body of the media and the process of the media in information dissemination and exchange activities. The era of new media is an era of scarcity of attention resources. In order to seeking attention, some of self-media based social media did not obey media ethics principles. They communicated with vulgar, pornography, violence and other offbeat content to crate hot spots, with sensational headlines, provocative photos for sensation and economic benefits. It is said that the Internet began to change from June of 2017. On June 1, 2017, the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China came into effect. At the beginning of June, “Mimeng”, who was said to have ten million followers, was banned to post. “National Scout” “Chinese No.1 Paparazzo, Zhuo Wei”, and other illegal accounts were closed on different platforms all over the internet world. The Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that no individual or organization may use the Internet to engage in activities that infringe upon other people's reputations, privacy, intellectual property rights and other lawful rights and interests. But the law can only handle a small part of the cases. To truly realize the “clear space” of the internet, the supervision and intervention by regulatory departments and advocate by the media of media moral ethics of truth, human dignity and non-violence are necessary, Clifford G. Christians, 2010, 6-20. Prof. Clifford. G. Christians, regarded as the father of media ethics research, has received an interview with the author about the topic of media ethics of new media and moral intervention. He analyzes the media ethical issues of media ethics research from traditional media era to new media era, believes that “truth, humanity and non-violence” are still the universal moral standards, though faced with more challenges in media ethics of the new media era, and still advocate media ethics principle and moderate intervention in the anomie of media ethics.

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media ethics / new media / moral invention

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