New media, new ethics confronting ethical issues in the digital era

Abstract EN

The current study has offered pertinent insights into a varietyof ethical issuesinevitably imposed by the emerging digital technologies on journalistic ethics.

At the start, the study has engaged in the definitional delimitationof our key conceptstrying to forme valid conceptual abstractions and exploring new meanings.

Following that, the studyshed light on intricatelyturbulent ethical paradoxes and dilemma that the digital media landscape is going through currently.

In parallel,the study proposedValue Determinism Theory of media as a normative alternative that provides an eclectic epistemological framework toethicalizeunsettlingtraditional and digital media practices and outputs.