TV as an instrument of moral education for democratic citizenship

 Antonio Linde-Navas, Málaga (Spain)

https://doi.org/10.3916/c31-2008-01-006

Keywords

Moral dilemmas, TV, communication ethics, citizenship´s education, secondary education

Abstract

Few means provide us with more controversial and interesting materials in a moral sense than television contents do nowadays. By showing many cases which involve a conflict of rights and values, it gives plenty of opportunities for moral reflection. It is a very valuable instrument since it offers us relevant present problems, which are also very easy to understand and motivating for young people. This paper is intended to make some suggestions in order to foster the didactic use of some television contents. More specifically, it is intended to show the possibilities that moral dilemmas offer for this purpose. Accordingly, I will put forward some dilemmas which have been built from television materials, as well as several indications for its didactic use and a field research example about them.

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