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| Author: | Stoll, M. L. |
| Title: | Infotainment and the moral obligations of the multimedia conglomerate |
| Journal: | Journal of Business Ethics
2006 : JUN/JUL, VOL 66:2-3, p. 253-260 |
| Index terms: | ethics media research multimedia industry conglomerate companies LEISURE INDUSTRY news reporting |
| Freeterms: | freedom of speech journalism |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Many political activists have argued that media conglomerates have failed to meet their duties to protect freedom of speech. As journalism and entertainment are increasingly inter-linked, an in depth moral analysis of the media corporation and its obligations becomes increasingly important. This paper explores Kantian, Utilitarian, and Rawlsian analyses of corporate obligation in a few contemporary cases. It proposes that at a minimum, media institutions should view the duty to promote the representation of diverse views in a democracy as an imperfect moral and civic duty rather than making programming decisions solely by reference to profit. |
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