Ethics and Entertainment

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Ethics and Entertainment is written by Howard Good and published by McFarland Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786439092 (ISBN 10) and 9780786439096 (ISBN 13).

As modern media shifts from the distribution of information to the creation of entertainment, a fresh inquiry into the ethics of media becomes vital. This 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. The essays question the nature and ethics of media entertainment as it becomes increasingly pervasive in our time.