Internet Television And Moral Values

Some programs on internet televisions claim to be natural, therefore people involved in them use a vulgar vocabulary; a tone which can hardly be considered civilized and even a grotesque style. Moral values like decency, discretion, elegance, delicacy, frailty, tenderness, solidarity are sometimes considered ridiculous and they are replaced with the cult of reaching success.

Nowadays, internet television owners want to be considered winners, but they do not think at all of the methods they use. They may use physical force, they may use guns, and they may use cunning, cynical selfishness or aggressive craft. For example, there are some popular programs on internet televisions and on traditional televisions as well, like “Big Brother” which is based on breaking intimacy, on treating people like human Guinea pigs. Such programs are extremely successful, but they are not moral!Internet television has the tendency to distort feelings, humor or competition, as long as there are some interactive programs which are created with and for people having a low cultural level. We do not say that entertainment is not necessary or that each individual must be a fan of Dostoyevsky or Kafka!

The problem is that internet television. especially can influence human behavior. It can model beliefs, as long as viewers may identify themselves with the characters they see and they sometimes adapt these representations to their everyday life. We all enjoy technical progress and we are happy that internet television is a new opportunity, but we must be selective and help our children understand it too.