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Gluchman, V. Mass Media and Virtual Morals in Slovakia

Abstract: Mass media makes tragedies, crime and violence everyday reality in Slovakia and audience is taught to get used to these phenomena. As a result, TV broadcasting creates a so called virtual moral that can actually distort perception of the reality. At the present time, when TV companies can ‘survive’ only if they have a high rating and show lots of adverting, mass media seems to do all that is not directly forbidden by the law. Virtual morals as they are shown by the most famous Slovakian mass media are a reduced, simplified and considerably distorted reflection of the reality.


Keywords:

philosophy, journalist’s ethics, morals, society, mass media, manipulation of public opinion, information commercialization.


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