Cognitive film and media ethics / Wyatt Moss-Wellington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moss-Wellington, Wyatt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects.

Mass media.

Normativity (Ethics).

Consequentialism (Ethics).

Cognitive psychology.

Physical Description:

194 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Cognitive Film and Media Ethics provides a grounding in the use of cognitive science to address key questions in film, television and screen media ethics. This book extends past works in cognitive media studies to answer normative and ethically prescriptive questions: what could make media morally good or bad, and what, then, are the respective responsibilities of media producers and consumers? Moss-Wellington makes a primary claim that normative propositions are a kind of rigour, in that they force media theorists to draw more active ought conclusions from descriptive is arguments. Cognitive Film and Media Ethics presents the rigours of normative reasoning, cognitive science and consequentialist ethics as complementary, arguing that each seeks progressive elaboration on their own models of causality, and causal projections are crucial for any reflection on our moral responsibilities in the world. A hermeneutics of "ethical cognitivism" is applied in the latter half of the book, with essays each addressing a different case study in film, television, news and social media: cinema that sets out to inspire moral dissonance in the viewer, satirical and humorous depictions of family drama in film and television, the politics of the romantic comedy, formal aspects of screen media bullying in an era dubbed the "television renaissance," and contemporary problems in the conflation of news and social media. Cognitive Film and Media Ethics synthesises current research in social psychology, anthropology, memory studies, emotion and cognition, personality and media selection, and evolutionary biology, integrating wide-ranging concepts from the various disciplines that make up cognitive theory to provide new vantages on the applied ethics of film and screen media"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I NORMATIVE ETHICS IN COGNITIVE MEDIA STUDIES

1. Cognitive Media Ethics: The Story So Far

2. A Humanistic Consequentialism for Film and Media Studies

3. Problems in Cognitive Media Ethics

pt. II APPLIED COGNITIVE MEDIA ETHICS

4. Moral and Cognitive Dissonance in Cinema

5. Benign Violations in the Suburban Ensemble Dramedy

6. The Emotional Politics of Limerence in Romantic Comedy Films

7. TV as Bully

8. Enthymemes Online: Media Pedagogy in an Age of Promotions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Moss-Wellington, Wyatt, Cognitive film and media ethics

ISBN:

9780197552889

0197552889

9780197552896

0197552897

OCLC:

1237396527

Publisher Number:

99988450810