More than a movie : ethics in entertainment / [compiled] by Miguel Valenti ; foreword by Peter Bogdanovich ; edited by Les Brown and Laurie Trotta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Valenti, F. Miguel.

Brown, Les.

Trotta, Laurie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.

Motion pictures.

Television broadcasting--Moral and ethical aspects.

Television broadcasting.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 272 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2000]

Contents:

Does media influence society?. Awash in media culture ; Entertainment in our extended world / Les Brown ; How the world sees us: an American in Paris / Jack Pitman

Does influence imply responsibility?. But its only a movie... or is it? ; Free expression in Hollywood: first amendment & censorship / Ted Pease

Ethics, a practical primer. Dead white Greeks and why they matter ; Mnemonics for everybody: "One person's method"

All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun... The gun: portrayals of violence: do unto others before they can do unto you ; The cast: portrayals of stereotypes ; The props: portrayals of substance use: we're not in Kansas anymore ; The girl: portrayals of sex: now we're definitely not in Kansas anymore ; From "boys with toys" to "babes with bullets" / Annette Insdorf

Documentary and reality-based programming. Hollywood recasts history? "ain't nothing like the real thing" ; Reality-based filmmaking versus reality / Martin Koughan

Children's programming. Children: a higher standard: kids are people too ; The virulence of violence / Neil Hickey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index.

ISBN:

0813390753

0813390761

OCLC:

44727812