The 11 myths of media violence /

Violence sells. The media industries say they are simply businesses responding to market desires, but when they are criticized for contributing to a culture of violence, they claim First Amendment protection. If anything, media violence is more prevalent today than at any other time in the past. Yet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Potter, W. James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, ©2003.
Temas:
Violence in mass media.
Mass media.
Violence dans les médias.
Médias.
mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Mass media
Violence in mass media
Massamedia.
Geweld.
Mythevorming.
Aspect social.
Mass-média.
Violence.
États-Unis.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Current context
  • Myth 1: Violence in the media does not affect me, but others are at high risk
  • Myth 2: The media are not responsible for the negative effects of their violent messages
  • Myth 3: Children are especially vulnerable to the risks of negative exposure to media violence
  • Myth 4: There is too much violence in the media
  • Myth 5: Violence in the media reflects violence in society
  • Myth 6: The media are only responding to market desires
  • Myth 7: Violence is an essential element in all fiction
  • Myth 8: Reducing the amount of violence in the media will solve the problem
  • Myth 9: The First Amendment protects the media from restrictions on violence
  • Myth 10: The rating systems and V-chip will help solve the problem
  • Myth 11: There is nothing I can do to make an effect on reducing the problem
  • Prognosis for improvement
  • References
  • Index
  • About the author.

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