Book Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Newson Report; 2. Electronic child abuse?; 3. Living for libido; or, Child's Play IV; 4. I was a teenage horror fan; 5. Reservoirs of dogma; 6. Us and them; 7. Television violence redux; 8. The dangerous psycho-logic of media 'effects'; 9. On going public; Index
Summary
Following highly publicized cases of violence, such as the murder of James Bulger, many forms of media were blamed as causing such brutality, with calls to return to cruder forms of "effects" theory, with accompanying demands for tighter legislation and censorship. This collection of essays brings together a range of views on this debate
