摘要：Entertainment as media content in television has been critisized by society. Therefore, this researchseeked out how media such as television runs its functions and ethics to society. The objective of this research isto find out the television functions and ethics. This research used qualitative approach and focused on analyzingthe functions and ethics of television broadcast. Data were collected by observation and documentations review.The results are entertainment became the prime content of television but the functions have not beenimplemented responsibly yet to society. The ethics of how television produced and broadcasted the messages,especially the entertainment program, are the main problem. The economic factors become the main concern ofthe producer compared to the protection for special audiences such as children and teenagers
