{"product_id":"cognitive-film-and-media-ethics-paperback","title":"Cognitive Film and Media Ethics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWyatt Moss-Wellington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCognitive Film and Media Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eought\u003c\/em\u003e conclusions from descriptive \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e arguments. \u003cem\u003eCognitive Film and Media Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003cem\u003eCognitive Film and Media Ethics \u003c\/em\u003esynthesises 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWyatt Moss-Wellington is the author of \u003cem\u003eCognitive Film and Media Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), \u003cem\u003eNarrative Humanism: Kindness and Complexity in Fiction and Film\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), and co-editor with Kim Wilkins of \u003cem\u003eReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze\u003c\/em\u003e (2019).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42100328366215,"sku":"9780197552896","price":83.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d291bcf43f1f181e84b77044c110bb92.webp?v=1732383630","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/cognitive-film-and-media-ethics-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}