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The mass media and social problems /

Discusses the way the mass media treats social problems, its contribution to causing and curing social problems, and its use by concerned organisations and groups wishing to act to reduce social problems. It brings together a wide range of topics including racism, sexism, poverty, violence, pornogra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howitt, Dennis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1982.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:International series in experimental social psychology ; v. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one : the historical and theoretical background to the debate on the mass media and social problems
  • Introduction
  • Three models of mass communications research
  • Important concepts in mass communication theory
  • Psychological theory in mass communications research
  • Part two : the mass media and conflict in society
  • The mass media and crises
  • Part three : the mass media and the treatment of minority groups
  • Race and the mass media
  • Sexism and the mass media
  • Part four : Sex, violence, crime, and justice
  • Violence and the mass media
  • Sex, eroticism, and pornography
  • Crime and the mass media
  • The courts and the news media
  • Part five : the mass media and the social services : education, health and welfare
  • Education and the mass media : compensating for educational disadvantage
  • Health, ill health and the mass media
  • The mass media and welfare.