Entertaining Ethics

Lessons in Media Ethics from Popular Culture

Entertaining Ethics
Chad Painter, Lee Wilkins
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11 Mar 2021 US
9781538138205
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"The play' s the thing wherein I' ll catch the conscience of the king. . . " Shakespeare was repeating what the ancient Greeks had pioneered-if you want to tell a moral lesson and have it remembered, then make it entertaining. Chad Painter and Lee Wilkins explore how popular culture explains media ethics and the philosophy that is key to solid ethical thinking. Each chapter focuses on a key ethical concept, anchors the discussion of that concept in a contemporary or classic accessible film, analyzes decisions made in that film with other popular culture artifacts, and grounds the analysis in appropriate philosophical thought. The book focuses on core philosophical concepts of media ethics-truth telling, loyalty, privacy, public service, media economics, social justice, advocacy, and accountability-as they are examined through the lens of narrative film, television, and music. Discussion questions and online instructor materials further course applicability while the popular culture examples make ethical theory accessible and exciting for students and professors from a variety of academic backgrounds.
This book offers a fresh take on entertainment ethics, especially the depiction of journalists in popular culture. It integrates ethics theory with excerpted dialogue from several movies and TV shows. Students can learn much about the history of how journalists are viewed and how it supports or refutes journalists' real experiences. --Judith Sylvester, Ph. D. Manship School of Mass Communication, LSU An exciting read from Star Trek to Madame Secretary. The beauty of this book is that it addresses overarching themes and topics that are relevant to journalism and mass communication and then views it through the lens of popular culture, supporting the analysis through philosophy. --Michael T. Martinez, University of Tennessee An intelligent, well-written text that can capture students' attention through the use of popular culture while balancing readability with an appropriate depth of analysis. --Ben Mulvey, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Nova Southestern University
Chad Painter is assistant professor of communication at the University of Dayton and past head of the AEJMC media ethics division Lee Wilkins is Distinguished Curator' s Teaching Professor and professor emeritus in the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.
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ISBN-13: 9781538138205
Published: 11 Mar 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Paperback
Height: 231mm
Width: 154mm
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 281g
Pages: 198

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