Includes bibliographical references and index.

Communication ethics, media, and popular culture : an introduction / Phyllis M. Japp, Mark Meister, and Debra K. Japp -- Construction of ethical codes in the discourse and criticism of popular culture / Jeffery L. Bineham -- Representation as ethical discourse : communicating with and about mediated popular culture / Phyllis M. Japp -- Leopold's land ethic : environmental ethics and sustainable advertising / Mark Meister -- Tragedy and comedy as ethical responses to John Rocker / Jeffery L. Bineham -- Is there more to ethics than the prime directive? : personal integrity in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager / Paula S. Tompkins -- Public and relational communication ethics in political communication : integrity, secrecy, and dialogue in The Contender / Jon A. Hess and Joy Piazza -- "In the end, it's all made up" : the ethics of fanfiction and real person fiction / Jennifer McGee -- Eminem and the rhetoric of "real" : the implications of "keeping it real" on ethics and credibility / Dan T. Molden -- (Re)constructing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall : ethical choicemaking and the construction of self in online popular culture / Scott Titsworth and Jeffery St. John -- When you lie with Friends / Diana L. Rehling -- You are forgiven : interpersonal and familial ethics in the films of Wes Anderson / Greg Carlson -- Judge Judy and Dr. Phil : advice with an attitude / Debra K. Japp.