Critical readings : violence and the media / edited by C. Kay Weaver and Cynthia Carter.

Contributor(s): Weaver, C. Kay, 1964- [editor] | Carter, Cynthia, 1959- [editor]
Language: English Series: Issues in cultural and media studiesPublisher: Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press, 2006Description: xv, 379 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780335218066; 0335218067 (hbk.); 9780335218059; 0335218059 (pbk.)Other title: Violence and the mediaSubject(s): Violence in mass media | Mass media -- Social aspects | Mass media -- InfluenceDDC classification: 303.6 LOC classification: P96.V5 | C75 2006Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Media violence research in the twenty-first century : a critical intervention / C. Kay Weaver and Cynthia Carter -- Part I. Conceptual approaches to media violence -- Imitation of film-mediated aggressive models / Albert Bandura, Dorothea Ross and Sheila A. Ross -- Television violence : at a time of turmoil and terror / George Gerbner -- Ten things wrong with the media 'effects' model / David Gauntlett -- From bad media violence research to good : a guide for the perplexed / Martin Barker and Julian Petley -- The social amplification of risk and the media violence debate / Annette Hill -- Private satisfactions and public disorders : Fight club, patriarchy and the politics of masculine violence / Henry A. Giroux -- Part II. Producing media violence -- The role of radio in the Rwandan genocide / Christine L. Kellow and H. Leslie Steeves -- Surviving violence : Hillsborough, Dunblane and the press / Ann Jemphreys and Eileen Berrington -- Tupac Shakur : understanding the identity formation of hyper-masculinity of a popular hip-hop artist / Derek Iwamoto -- Imagine the terror of September 11 / Medhi Semanti -- Horrific blindness : photographic images of death in contemporary media / David Campbell -- Cyberstalking and Internet pornography : gendered violence / Alison Adam -- Part III. Representing media violence -- Violence in children's cartoons : the Road Runner as mythical discourse / Douglas R. Bruce -- Portrayals of sexual violence in popular Hindi films / Srividya Ramasubramanian and Mary Beth Oliver -- Personal appearance as a social problem : newspaper coverage of the Columbine High School shootings / Jennifer Paff Ogle, Molly Eckman and Catherine Amoroso Leslie -- Between feminine empowerment and subjugation : sexualizing the violent female hero in the Buffy the vampire slayer video game / Magdala Peixoto Labre and Lisa Duke -- Constructing Arabs as enemies after September 11 : an analysis of selected speeches by George W. Bush / Debra Merskin -- Part IV. Media violence audiences -- Children viewing violence / David Buckingham -- Internet research on hate crime : what makes racists advocate violence? / Jack Glaser, Jay Dixit and Donald P. Green -- Reader responses to the anti-gay hate crime story line in DC Comics' Green Lantern / Valerie Palmer-Mehta and Kellie Hay -- Revelling in the gore in the room next door : video game violence and US teen culture / Charles Piot -- Zero tolerance : public responses to a feminist anti-sexual violence advertising campaign / Jenny Kitzinger -- Global discourses of compassion : audience reactions to news reports of human suffering / Birgitta Höijer.
Summary: The relationship between media representations and real acts of violence is one of the most contentious and hotly debated issue. This book brings together a selection of highly influential readings that have helped to shape this area of research. It includes key investigations of how, and with what implications, do the media portray violence.
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Collection of previous published (1963-2005) articles, essays, etc.

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references

Media violence research in the twenty-first century : a critical intervention / C. Kay Weaver and Cynthia Carter --
Part I. Conceptual approaches to media violence --
Imitation of film-mediated aggressive models / Albert Bandura, Dorothea Ross and Sheila A. Ross --
Television violence : at a time of turmoil and terror / George Gerbner --
Ten things wrong with the media 'effects' model / David Gauntlett --
From bad media violence research to good : a guide for the perplexed / Martin Barker and Julian Petley --
The social amplification of risk and the media violence debate / Annette Hill --
Private satisfactions and public disorders : Fight club, patriarchy and the politics of masculine violence / Henry A. Giroux --
Part II. Producing media violence --
The role of radio in the Rwandan genocide / Christine L. Kellow and H. Leslie Steeves --
Surviving violence : Hillsborough, Dunblane and the press / Ann Jemphreys and Eileen Berrington --
Tupac Shakur : understanding the identity formation of hyper-masculinity of a popular hip-hop artist / Derek Iwamoto --
Imagine the terror of September 11 / Medhi Semanti --
Horrific blindness : photographic images of death in contemporary media / David Campbell --
Cyberstalking and Internet pornography : gendered violence / Alison Adam --
Part III. Representing media violence --
Violence in children's cartoons : the Road Runner as mythical discourse / Douglas R. Bruce --
Portrayals of sexual violence in popular Hindi films / Srividya Ramasubramanian and Mary Beth Oliver --
Personal appearance as a social problem : newspaper coverage of the Columbine High School shootings / Jennifer Paff Ogle, Molly Eckman and Catherine Amoroso Leslie --
Between feminine empowerment and subjugation : sexualizing the violent female hero in the Buffy the vampire slayer video game / Magdala Peixoto Labre and Lisa Duke --
Constructing Arabs as enemies after September 11 : an analysis of selected speeches by George W. Bush / Debra Merskin --
Part IV. Media violence audiences --
Children viewing violence / David Buckingham --
Internet research on hate crime : what makes racists advocate violence? / Jack Glaser, Jay Dixit and Donald P. Green --
Reader responses to the anti-gay hate crime story line in DC Comics' Green Lantern / Valerie Palmer-Mehta and Kellie Hay --
Revelling in the gore in the room next door : video game violence and US teen culture / Charles Piot --
Zero tolerance : public responses to a feminist anti-sexual violence advertising campaign / Jenny Kitzinger --
Global discourses of compassion : audience reactions to news reports of human suffering / Birgitta Höijer.

The relationship between media representations and real acts of violence is one of the most contentious and hotly debated issue. This book brings together a selection of highly influential readings that have helped to shape this area of research. It includes key investigations of how, and with what implications, do the media portray violence.

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