SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF MASS MEDIA IN ACTIVE COMBAT ZONE: THE CASE OF DONBASS CONFLICT

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2(11)) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Aleksandra I. Alabugina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Ethical Aspects

scholarly journals Expecting Refugees in Latvia: Negative Stereotyping

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadims Murašovs ◽  
Aleksejs Ruža ◽  
Vitālijs Raščevskis ◽  
Valērijs Dombrovskis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Illegal Immigration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Attitude Survey ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
Prejudicial Attitude ◽  
Negative Stereotyping

Abstract In response to a dramatic increase of illegal immigration in the European Union, in the fall of 2015 Latvia agreed to accept several hundreds of refugees on its soil. Nevertheless, Latvian society remains very sceptic about these plans, and reportedly demonstrates strong negative attitudes towards refugees. According to the survey, by the end of 2015 the factual experience of interaction with refugees did not exceed ten per cent of Latvian population. This suggests that most of the real attitudes are formed by mass media and other socialisation agents. In order to uncover the nature of these feelings, the present study has been designed to make an in-depth social psychological study on attitudes. One thousand Latvian residents evenly representing Latvia’s demography have taken part in this study. A modified Stephan’s Prejudicial Attitude Survey has been used to study prejudice. Negative stereotyping represents one of the emotional components of attitudes towards refugees. The results illustrate the palette of emotions and the level of their expression in Latvian society, and highlight the feelings, which may shape the identity of the in-group.

scholarly journals Indian Idols Drinking Milk: Understanding the Phenomenon and Its Implications for Social Reform

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Ramadhar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Group Norms ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Psychological Phenomenon ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Drinking Milk

The mass media have occasionally been reporting miracles such as stone idols sipping milk or bleeding in India. The author argues for viewing such irrational happenings as the examples of the social psychological phenomenon of conformity to the group norms (i.e., informal, unwritten prescriptions of what the group might think to be right and desirable). By identifying people as likely (1) sources of accurate information and (2) standards of desirable behaviors in a given situation, it is proposed that a shift from conformity to the norms to compliance to the laws might be helpful in building a New India.

scholarly journals Legal and Ethical Aspects of Media Coverage of Deviant Behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 498-513
Author(s):  
Olga Tretyakova
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Mass Culture ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Analytical Review

This article deals with media coverage of destructive deviant behavior, particularly, suicides and drug addiction. Presentation of deviant behavior by the media is closely linked to romanticization of crime in the contemporary mass culture, which is a dangerous phenomenon for the society. Mass media products that tell about deviant behavior have a strong psychological impact since criminal romanticism is so widespread in mass culture that criminal and deviant behavior is sometimes presented as a role model. The author studies legal and ethical aspects of media coverage of deviant behavior, gives an analytical review of legal rules and recommendations for journalists on how to cover cases of suicide or drug abuse. The latter have been worked out by either regulatory agencies or authorities interested in this process. Moreover, one cannot find such rules or recommendations either in the Code of Professional Ethics of Russian Journalists or in the draft of the Standard of Media Ethic developed by the Public Panel for Complaints about the Press of Russian Union of Journalists. The article describes compositional, lexical and stylistic means of romanticizing deviant behavior, and analyzes coverage of suicides and drug abuse by the example of media content of Russian popular newspapers Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Komsomolskaya Pravda. The most common means include an eye-catching title, shifting the focus from the case of deviant behavior to the agent’s outstanding personality traits, the author’s affective evaluation of the case, evocative lexicon, and quotes or reminiscences that justify or approve of the deviant behavior. The author infers that the means of romanticising deviance by the mass media correlate with the techniques which regulatory agencies and experts recommend journalists to avoid. Therefore, the usage of these means may be considered a bad violation of journalists’ professional ethic.

scholarly journals Influential ethical aspects of Covid19 in multidimensions

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-34
Author(s):  
MA Jothi Rajan ◽  
M Arul Sheeba Rani
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Behavioral Compliance ◽  
Security Values ◽  
Public Behavior ◽  
Self Transcendence

The COVID19 pandemic poses an exceptional challenge for humanity. Because public behavior is key to curbing the pandemic at an early stage, it is important for social psychological researchers to use their knowledge to promote behaviors that help manage the crisis. Here, we identify human values as particularly important in driving both behavioral compliance to government guidelines and promoting prosocial behaviors to alleviate the strains arising from a prolonged pandemic. Existing evidence demonstrates the importance of human values, and the extent to which fellow citizens, for tackling the COVID19 crisis, share them. Individuals who attach higher importance to self‐transcendence (e.g., responsibility) and conservation (e.g., security) values are likely to be more compliant with COVID19 behavioral guidelines and to help others who are struggling with the crisis. Further, believing that fellow citizens share one's values has found to elicit a sense of connectedness that may be crucial in promoting collective efforts to contain the pandemic. The abstract nature of values, and cross-cultural agreement on their importance, suggests that they are ideally suited to developing and tailoring effective, global interventions to combat this pandemic

On visions and promises — ethical aspects of in vitro meat

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 753-758
Author(s):  
Silvia Woll
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
In Vitro Meat ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Production Conditions

Innovators of in vitro meat (IVM) are convinced that this approach is the solution for problems related to current meat production and consumption, especially regarding animal welfare and environmental issues. However, the production conditions have yet to be fully clarified and there is still a lack of ethical discourses and critical debates on IVM. In consequence, discussion about the ethical justifiability and desirability of IVM remains hypothetical and we have to question those promises. This paper addresses the complex ethical aspects associated with IVM and the questions of whether, and under what conditions, the production of IVM represents an ethically justifiable solution for existing problems, especially in view of animal welfare, the environment, and society. There are particular hopes regarding the benefits that IVM could bring to animal welfare and the environment, but there are also strong doubts about their ethical benefits.

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