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The aesthetics of violence in contemporary media
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Gwyn Symonds |
"The topic of violence in the media has been very widely covered. Countless studies and research projects have been conducted, most of which argue its negative effects on society. Gwyn Symonds takes … |
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Mayhem
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Sissela Bok |
Examines the impact of entertainment violence on viewers, beginning with a discussion of the gladiatorial games in ancient Rome; considers the findings of modern research; addresses the dilemma betwe… |
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Daring to feel
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Jody Santos |
""Thou shall remain objective" is the number-one newsroom commandment, but lately cracks have begun to appear in the news media's objective facade. American journalists have been pushed to the emotio… |
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Violence on the screen
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Clive Gifford |
Presents a variety of views on the impact of on-screen violence on people who are exposed to it on television, the cinema, computer games and videos - Causes of violence - Censorship - Effectiveness … |
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Women, violence, and the media
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Drew Humphries |
Through the lens of feminist criminology, this volume examines the complex interrelationship of women, violence, and media presentations. The book is divided into three sections: the first section la… |
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Viewing violence
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Madeline Levine |
Study after study has shown that viewing media violence encourages aggression, desensitization, and pessimism in children. Most parents know that such violence is harmful to their children, but how h… |
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Violence and the media
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Gilda Berger |
Examines the role of violence in the history of the United States and discusses the extent of the violence portrayed in the mass media and its influence on the society as a whole. |
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Violence in the media
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Nancy Signorielli |
Violence in the Media: A Reference Handbook documents the issues, impact, controversies, and consequences of one of the most insidious phenomena facing American society. With 99 percent of American h… |
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Our faith in evil
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Gregory E. Desilet |
"The text examines violence in film, analyzing psychological and social effects, the dramatic structure of melodrama and its context in reality"--Provided by publisher. |
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Media violence and its effect on aggression
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Jonathan L. Freedman |
"In this work, Jonathan Freedman argues that the scientific evidence does not support the notion that exposure to TV and film violence causes aggression in children or adults. Based on his findings, … |
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