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 1   I, 1 |              do this or that, these are not blind forces of nature
 2   I, 1 |            to the ethical question, are made not only by those who
 3   I, 1 |     question is particularly acute: Are the media being used for
 4   I, 2 |        well-to-do countries already are astonishing: books and periodicals,
 5   I, 2 |             contact with others who are deeply influenced by them.~
 6   I, 4 |        desires to support those who are professionally involved
 7   I, 4 |         nothing by themselves; they are instruments, tools, used
 8   I, 4 |       communication in any capacity are conscientious individuals
 9   I, 4 |           productive lives. Parents are anxious that what enters
10   I, 4 |         serve the human family, and are troubled by the growing
11   I, 4 |         people concerning the media are different from group to
12   I, 4 |             have ethical weight and are subject to ethical evaluation.
13  II, 6 |             it clear that the media are called to serve human dignity
14  II, 8 |        political communities.~Media are indispensable in today's
15  II, 8 |          about urgent matters. They are important instruments of
16  II, 10|              Educational. The media are important tools of education
17  II, 10|        educational resources.~Media are standard instructional tools
18  II, 11|            people's religious lives are greatly enriched through
19  II, 12|           consultation and dialogue are needed to discern this common
20 III, 14|       Economic. The media sometimes are used to build and sustain
21 III, 14|           that ought to benefit all are exploited for the advantage
22 III, 14|    privation in the midst of plenty are seedbeds of envy, resentment,
23 III, 14|            to report things as they are. That undoubtedly is their
24 III, 14|        instances of human suffering are largely ignored by media
25 III, 14|             by media even as others are reported; and insofar as
26 III, 14|            allocation of technology are factors helping to make
27 III, 15|            conventions of democracy are observed, but techniques
28 III, 15|    advertising and public relations are deployed on behalf of policies
29 III, 15|      progress those positions which are unreservedly pro-life" (
30 III, 16|            media, and although they are not obliged to be somber
31 III, 16|    Traditional cultural expressions are virtually excluded from
32 III, 16|           least-widespread cultures are no longer isolated. They
33 III, 16|             to learn from the poor? Are the powerful deaf to the
34 III, 17|           Children and young people are especially harmed in this
35 III, 17|      persons.~Sometimes, too, media are used as tools of indoctrination,
36 III, 18|    communication and religion there are temptations on both sides.~
37  IV, 20|            of roles of public trust are always applicable. Communication
38  IV, 20|            discussion, and dialogue are needed. We offer what follows
39  IV, 21|             and the human community are the end and measure of the
40  IV, 22|          and interests of those who are particularly vulnerable  -
41  IV, 23|           operate in some countries are currently changing strikingly
42  IV, 23|        declare their opinions, they are not merely making use of
43  IV, 23|         making use of a right. They are also performing a social
44  IV, 23|            indefeasible norm. There are obvious instances - for
45  IV, 24|             especially, where media are privately owned and operated
46  IV, 24|         along with market research, are sometimes said to be the
47  IV, 24|              stations, and channels are directed to particular audiences.
48  IV, 24|         uniformity in messages that are reduced to pure information,
49  IV, 25|          Professional communicators are not the only ones with ethical
50  IV, 26|       though the questions they ask are "sometimes embarrassing
51  IV, 26|             disconcerting questions are often asked by most of our
52  IV, 26|       generally. Provided the media are "neutral, open and honest",
53  IV, 26|      responsible public opinion all are important expressions of "
54  IV, 26|              holders of office, who are invested with a sacred power,
55  IV, 26|       invested with a sacred power, are, in fact, dedicated to promoting
56  IV, 26|           to the People of God, and are consequently endowed with
57   V, 28|          the means of communication are, and will remain, only media -
58   V, 29|            designed for them. There are real advantages in that,
59   V, 29| difficulties of communicating often are magnified by ideology, by
60   V, 30|         discussion of these matters are a vision of human persons
61   V, 30|             community whose members are joined by the virtue of
62   V, 30|         pressing "at a time when we are faced with the patent inadequacy
63   V, 30|          without knowing where they are going" (Fides et Ratio,
64   V, 32|             While these reflections are addressed to all persons
65   V, 33|           with his neighbor, for we are members one of another...
66   V, 33|            fulfillment in God were, are, and will remain at the