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...
| Основен автор: | Potter, W. James. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Thousand Oaks, CA :
Sage Publications,
℗♭2003.
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Print version::
11 myths of media violence. |
Съдържание:
- 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.