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The ethics of reality TV : a philosophical examination / edited by Wendy N. Wyatt and Kristie Bunton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reality television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (218 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Reality television is continuing to grow, both in numbers and in popularity. The scholarship on reality TV is beginning to catch up, but one of the most enduring questions about the genre Is it ethical? has yet to be addressed in any systematic and comprehensive way. Through investigating issues ranging from deception and privacy breaches to community building and democratization of TV, The Ethics of Reality TV explores the ways in which reality TV may create both benefits and harms to society. The edited collection features the work of leading scholars in the field of media ethics and provides a comprehensive assessment of the ethical effects of the genre."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Editor's note
- Foreward: The Morality of Amoral TV / James Poniewozik
- Introduction: Reality TV matters / Wendy N. Wyatt and Kristie Bunton
- Flourishing: reality TV and a life of ethical excellence / Christopher Meyers
- Stereotypes: reality TV as both creator and confronter / Kristie Bunton
- Privacy: what has reality TV got to hide? / Madeleine Shufeldt Esch
- Cultural values: reality TV manufactures marriage / Mira K. Desai
- Community: Reality TV reaching out / Gareth Palmer
- Inspiration and motivation: if reality TV stars can do it, so can I / Janie Harden Fritz
- Commercialization: the intersection of economics and ethics in reality TV / Bastiaan Vanacker
- Deception: reality TV playing us false / Edward H. Spence
- Democracy and discourse: how reality TV fosters citizenship / Deni Elliott
- Exploitation: when reality TV becomes degradation TV / Wendy N. Wyatt
- Conclusion: Reality TV conveys responsibilities / Wendy N. Wyatt and Kristie Bunton.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613606440
- 9781441179340
- 1441179348
- 9781628928389
- 1628928387
- 9781280576737
- 1280576731
- 9780826441850
- 0826441858
- OCLC:
- 793996894
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