Ethics and entertainment : essays on media culture and media morality / edited by Howard Good and Sandra L. Borden.
Good, Howard, 1951-; Borden, Sandra L., 1963-
2010
P94 .E77 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Ethics and entertainment : essays on media culture and media morality / edited by Howard Good and Sandra L. Borden.
ISBN 9780786439096 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786439092 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c2010.
Language English
Description viii, 319 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number P94 .E77 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 175
Summary This collection of 19 essays provides useful guidelines and perspectives for the producers and consumers of entertainment. Topics covered include the contemporary creation of celebrity, the effects of entertainment on children, the hybridization of entertainment and news, author and intellectual property rights, and the role of human dignity in modern media, among many others --Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Good, Howard, 1951-
Borden, Sandra L., 1963-
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The ethics of speaking out / Wendy N. Wyatt and Kristie Bunton
I'm sorry, oh, so sorry: celebrity apologies and public ethics / Nikki Usher and Janel S. Schuh
Quasars: silent celebrities, ethical implications / Kyle F. Reinson
Sportainment meets high school sports / Marie Hardin and Thomas F. Corrigan
The diaper demographic: viewing very young children as an economically viable market / Erin L. Ryan and Keisha L. Hoerrner
Superbad: a twisted and touching ethical mess of a movie / Joseph C. Harry
Tall tales: exploring the ethics of storytelling in the age of infotainment / Cynthia M. King and Deni Elliott
This time it's personal: united 93 and 9/11 docudrama / Steve Lipkin
Bread and circuits: politics in an entertainment culture / Mike Dillon
The common morality of interviewers: evaluating moral / Guidelines of Non-Journalists / David Charlton
Cops and reality TV: public service or public menace? / Jack Breslin
Documentary tradition and the ethics of Michael: Moore's SiCKO / Sandra L. Borden
Just a cartoonist: the virtuous journalism of Joe Sacco / Howard Good
Whose tube is it anyway? / John Chapin
The cult of celebrity vs. the enlightenment of DIY culture / Bill Reader
Entertainment and dignity
Fictionalized torture: Jack Bauer's war on terrorism / K. Maja Krakowiak
Hillbilly stereotypes and humor: entertaining ourselves at the expense of the other / Elizabeth K. Hansen and Angela F. Cooke-Jackson
Epistemic freedom, science fiction, and ethical deliberation / Trin Turner and Joshua D. Upson
Weight watching: the ethics of commodifying appearances for profit / Berrin A. Beasley.

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