Part 4: Entertainment

Violence is an important part of the media landscape. Despite the aversion of many media consumers to violent media content, it is a part of our…

Many ethical debates emanate from the competing forces of profits, wealth, and public trust. Media conglomerates, some of the world’s most powerful multinational companies, often pursue…

The mediatization of society and culture demonstrates that we cannot understand human communication and behavior outside of the mediated environment in which we live. The scope…

As noted by many prominent communication scholars, we live in an age in which entertainment media influence virtually every aspect of our lives. Entertainment does much…