The 11 myths of media violence / / W. James Potter

• Autore: Potter W. James
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 259 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.6
• Soggetto topico: Violence in mass media; Mass media
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Eleven myths of media violence
• Titolo autorizzato: The 11 myths of media violence
• ISBN: 1-5063-2076-7; 1-4522-2962-7; 0-7619-2734-4; 1-4522-6292-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807850403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II