The 11 myths of media violence
- Author/Creator:
- Potter, W. James
- Publication/Creation:
- London : SAGE, 2003
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- The 11 myths of media violence W. James Potter
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Violence in mass media
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 - CURRENT CONTEXT; 2 - MYTH 1: Violence in the media does not affect me, but others are at high risk; 3 - MYTH 2: The media are not responsible for the negative effects of their violent messages; 4 - MYTH 3: Children are especially vulnerable to the risks of negative exposure to media violence.; 5 - MYTH 4: There is too much violence in the media.; 6 - MYTH 5: Violence in the media reflects violence in society.; 7 - MYTH 6: The media are only responding to market desires.; 8 - MYTH 7: Violence is an essential element in all fiction.
9 - MYTH 8: Reducing the amount of violence in the media will solve the problem.10 - MYTH 9: The First Amendment protects the media from restrictions on violence.; 11 - MYTH 10: The rating systems and V-chip will help solve the problem.; 12 - MYTH 11: There is nothing I can do to make an effect on reducing the problem.; REFERENCES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Summary:
- Challenging beliefs and assumptions about the relationship between media and violence, Potter provides an in depth review of how governments, journalists and researchers are part of the problem and raises important questions that place the reader at the heart of the conflict.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 259 p.)
- General Note:
- Description based upon print version of record.
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- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936952271902486
- ISBN:
- 1-5063-2076-7
1-4522-2962-7
0-7619-2734-4
1-4522-6292-6 - OCLC Number:
- 809772286
936372511
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