Critical readings : violence and the media / Violence and the media edited by C. Kay Weaver and Cynthia Carter. - xv, 379 pages ; 24 cm. - Issues in cultural and media studies . - Issues in cultural and media studies. .

New Zealand editors. Previous ed.: Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia, PA : Open University Press, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xv) and index.

Media violence research in the twenty-first century : a critical intervention -- Imitation of film-mediated aggressive models -- Television violence : at a time of turmoil and terror -- Ten things wrong with the media 'effects' model -- From bad media violence research to good - a guide for the perplexed -- The social amplification of risk and the media violence debate -- Private satisfactions and public disorders : fight club, patriarchy and the politics of masculine violence -- The role of radio in the Rwandan genocide -- Surviving violence : Hillsborough, Dunblane and the press -- Tupac Shakur : understanding the identity formation of hyper-masculinity of a popular hip-hop artist -- Imagine the terror of September 11 -- Horrific blindess : photographic images of death in contemporary media -- Cyberstalking and Internet pornography : gendered violence -- Violence in children's cartoons : The Road Runner as mythical discourse -- Portrayals of sexual violence in popular Hindi films -- Personal appearance as a social problem : newspaper coverage of the Columbine High School shootings -- Between feminine empowerment and subjugation : sexualizing the violent female hero in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer video game -- Constructing Arabs as enemies after September 11 : an analysis of selected speeches by George W. Bush -- Children viewing violence -- Internet research on hate crime : what makes racists advocate violence? -- Reader responses to the anti-gay hate crime story line in DC comics' Green Lantern -- Revelling in the gore in the room next door : video game violence and US teen culture -- Zero tolerance : public responses to a feminist anti-sexual violence advertising campaign -- Global discourses of compassion : audience reactions to news reports of human suffering. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

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Violence in mass media
Mass media--Social aspects
Mass media--Influence

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