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245 0 0 _aEthics and entertainment :
_bessays on media culture and media morality /
_cedited by Howard Good and Sandra L. Borden.
260 _aJefferson, N.C. :
_bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
_cc2010.
300 _aviii, 319 p. ;
_c23 cm.
520 _aThis 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aMass media
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aBroadcasting
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
700 1 _aGood, Howard,
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700 1 _aBorden, Sandra L.,
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