Ethics and Entertainment

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.

“recommended”—Choice; “any book that begins with a quote from the Dixie Chicks is one that I likely will want to read and one that my students are not going to hate me for requiring them to buy. Howard Good and Sandra Borden do an excellent job of bringing together a range of scholars to address the multifaceted nature of entertainment industry ethics...an imminently readable and well-edited book”—Journal of Mass Media Ethics.

• 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