Conflict of Interest in the Fyre Festival Documentaries
For Media Ethics, Cases and Controversies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22124875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | April Newton (Loyola University Maryland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-134 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Media Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2373-6992 • E-ISSN: 2373-700X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23736992.2020.1833729 |
| OpenAlex | W3094816006 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It should come as no surprise that a music and arts festival dogged by scandal would lead to two separate documentaries that each raise ethical concerns. The 2017 demise of the Fyre Festival, a would-be luxury music event in the Bahamas targeted at millennials, inspired late-night comedians’ jokes, social media schadenfreude and so far, two documentaries detailing how things went so wrong. Both films detail the maddening twists and turns during the preparations for the Fyre Festival and make it clear to viewers that it was doomed from the start. Both films also contain potential conflicts of interest that are notable, and notably absent from discussion or clarification in either film
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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