Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Ethical Issues

Researching the Ztohoven group and the Creators of 'Czech Dream', Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda, it is possible to see how other people have created hoaxes without thought of ethical issues, especially with the live broadcast hacking of the atomic explosion. There was no way for the group to personally state immediately afterwards that the event was just a stunt, but was left to the broadcasters. This almost disregard of ethical issues allows our project to have some leniency towards the ethics. Although a debrief and consent forms will be in place after the event, there is nothing beforehand to prevent the viewers from believing anything other than what they will be seeing.
The 'Czech Dream' creators did personally address the public after their event, but then again their's was not boardering on terrorism. Of course, our project is in no way endorsing or supporting the act of terrorism in any way whatsoever, but due to the obvious after effects of 9/11, fear of terrorism is higher than ever and our project will be addressing this issue directly.
Again, our aim is to prove (through the reaction of the chosen audience) that people will instantly believe what they see so long as some sort of news banner is flashing accross the screen.

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