Media practice in new media: the motives of moralisation and moral requirements

Abstract

 The research addresses the motives of media ethics practice in the new media and the basic ethical requirements that must be met in media practices, especially by new actors in the framework of what is known as citizen journalism, in view of the problems resulting from developments in the media practice and excesses that happened which may be more because of the increasing proliferation of communication and technological media and the increasing of it use and needed as a mechanism for democratizing the media and promoting democratic practice. This research is an attempt to brief the practice of citizen journalism in new media, which is the most prominent aspect of media practice in the contemporary communication environment.