Description |
1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Communication and society |
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Communication and society (Routledge (Firm))
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Contents |
Introduction : from bad research to good : a guide for the perplexed / Martin Barker and Julian Petley -- The Newson Report : a case study in "common sense" / Martin Barker -- The worrying influence of "media effects" studies / David Gauntlett -- Electronic child abuse? : rethinking the media's effects on children / David Buckingham -- Living for libido, or, "Child's play IV" : the imagery of childhood and the call for censorship / Patricia Holland -- Just what the doctors ordered? : media regulation, education and the "problem" of media violence / Sara Bragg -- Once more with feeling : talking about the media violence debate in Australia / Sue Turnbull -- I was a teenage horror fan, or, "How I learned to stop worrying and love Linda Blair" / Mark Kermode -- "Looks like it hurts" : women's responses to shocking entertainment / Annette Hill -- Reservoirs of dogma : an archaeology of popular anxieties / Graham Murdock -- Us and them / Julian Petley -- Invasion of the Internet abusers : marketing fears about the information superhighway / Thomas Craig and Julian Petley -- On the problems of being a "trendy travesty" / Martin Barker (with Julian Petley) |
Summary |
Ill Effects argues that the question of media influence needs to be debated by those with a clearer understanding of how audiences and media interact with one another |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Violence in mass media.
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Mass media -- Influence.
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Mass media -- Social aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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Mass media -- Influence
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Mass media -- Social aspects
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Violence in mass media
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Massamedia.
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Geweld.
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Invloed.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Barker, Martin
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Petley, Julian
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ISBN |
0585453136 |
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9780585453132 |
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0203465091 |
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9780203465097 |
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