Ethics and Entertainment: Essays on Media Culture and Media Morality

by Howard Good

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786439092
• ISBN13: 9780786439096
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher