Remote Control
Subtitle: New Media, New Ethics
Contributors: Catharine Lumby (Editor); Elspeth Probyn (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780521534277
Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Films, cinema; Media, information & communication industries; Social Science; Media Studies; Sociology; Performing Arts/Dance; Australia; Mass Media - General; Performing Arts / Mass Media; Mass media; Moral and ethical aspects; Technological innovations
First sentence: A PRINCESS DRIVEN TO HER DEATH BY MANIACAL PAPARAZZI; REALITY shows where contestants cry, vomit and have sex on screen; radio hosts showered with vats of cash for editorial comment; an online world teeming with pornographers and Nazis; media moguls putting the boot into rugby league fans - in the past decade, media ethics have rarely been out of the media.