The Myth of Media Violence – A Critical Introduction

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 dec 2006

Public hunger for violent entertainment has always existed with each invention of new media, from the printing press to the internet. The Myth of Media Violence examines the current and historical debates over one of the most widely discussed yet little understood issues of our time: the social and cultural effects of violence in film, television, and video games.

David Trend explains the need for media violence, and why, despite decades of activism against them, violent media outlets continue to grow and develop at a rapid pace. Engaging examples are drawn from a range of media, including disaster and horror movies, science fiction, film tie-in toys, crime shows, MTV, news, sports, and children's television programming, books, and video games. The book also investigates the forces encouraging social anxieties, why violence in media exists at all, and how society can deal with it

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405133852
ISBN-10: 1405133856
Pagini: 146
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

undergraduate students and above studying cultural studies, media studies, and communication studies

Notă biografică

David Trend is Professor of Studio Art at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author or editor of a number of books, including Radical Democracy: Identity, Citizenship and the State (1995) and Reading Digital Culture (Blackwell, 2001).

Descriere

* Offers a fascinating introduction to the public debate over media violence. * Looks at the chronology of contemporary media violence, and explores reservations over communications medias throughout history. * Examines the forces behind the encouraged anxieties about media violence.

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