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Informationen zum Autor Howard Good is a professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where he teaches media ethics. Sandra L. Borden is a professor of communication at Western Michigan University. She co-directs the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society. Klappentext As modern media shift from the distribution of information to its creation, a fresh inquiry into the ethics of media is needed. This collection of 19 essays provides useful perspectives for both producers and consumers of entertainment. Topics include the 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. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here. Zusammenfassung Provides useful perspectives on the ethics of media for both producers and consumers of entertainment. The nineteen essays cover topics such as the 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I. ENTERTAINMENT AND CELEBRITY1. The Ethics of Speaking1. The Ethics of Speaking OutWendy N. Wyatt and Kristie Bunton 2. "I'm Sorry, Oh, So Sorry": Celebrity Apologies and Public EthicsNikki Usher and Janel S. Schuh 3. Quasars: Silent Celebrities, Ethical ImplicationsKyle F. Reinson PART II. ENTERTAINMENT AND CHILDREN4. "Sportainment" Meets High School SportsMarie Hardin and Thomas F. Corrigan 5. The Diaper Demographic: Viewing Very Young Children as an Economically Viable MarketErin L. Ryan and Keisha L. Hoerrner 6. Superbad: A Twisted and Touching Ethical Mess of a MovieJoseph C. Harry PART III. ENTERTAINMENT AND FACTUALITY7. Tall Tales: Exploring the Ethics of Storytelling in the Age of InfotainmentCynthia M. King and Deni Elliott 8. This Time It's Personal: The Ethics of 9/11 DocudramaSteve Lipkin 9. Bread and Circuits: Politics in an Entertainment CultureMike Dillon 10. The Common Morality of Interviewers: Evaluating Moral Guidelines of Non-JournalistsDavid Charlton 11. Cops and Reality TV: Public Service or Public Menace?Jack Breslin PART IV: ENTERTAINMENT AND AUTHORSHIP12. Documentary Tradition and the Ethics of MichaelMoore's SiCKOSandra L. Borden 13. "Just a Cartoonist": The Virtuous Journalism of Joe SaccoHoward Good 14. Whose Tube Is It Anyway?John Chapin 15. Enlightenment Ethics in DIY CultureBill Reader PART V: ENTERTAINMENT AND DIGNITY16. Fictionalized Torture: Jack Bauer's War on TerrorismK. Maja Krakowiak 17. Hillbilly Stereotypes and Humor: Entertaining Ourselves at the Expense of the OtherElizabeth K. Hansen and Angela F. Cooke-Jackson 18. Epistemic Freedom, Science Fiction, and Ethical DeliberationTrin Turner and Joshua D. Upson 19. Weight Watching: The Ethics of Commodifying Appearance for ProfitBerrin A. Beasley About the Contributors Index ...
