Dynamism of modern communication: problems of media ethics at the Paris Olympics

Abstract

The article examined the ethical aspects of mass media activities, studied descriptions of events and phenomena that contradict ethics. The consequences of social organization and human communication were considered, and the works of a number of scholars who conducted research in the field of media ethics and journalistic ethics were analyzed. The main conclusions formulated in the article will stimulate the enrichment of the scientific content of media ethics, the examination and generalization of new examples and situations, the parallel comparison and supplementation of the realities of life and journalistic work and will serve as a basis for the development of industry research. The field of scientific research is the identification of journalistic and media-ethical criteria for the information content disseminated during the XXXIII Summer Paris Olympics, evaluating the compliance of professional activities with the content of the international treaty, state codes, and ethical rules, and the scientific-theoretical examination of the actions of specialists involved in the transmission of sports information. The work analyzes the activities of audiovisual media during sporting events with data differentiation, theoretical definitions of some problems of practical journalism were developed, and the main goals of media ethics were classified. All materials have been summarized and are used during the teaching of subjects such as "Media and Democracy," "Media and Liberalism," "Media and Morality."