Popular culture
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: John Donald Woodward, book editor.
Contributors: Woodward, John, 1958-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Thomson/Gale
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Mass media -- United States; Violence in mass media -- United States; Popular culture -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Does popular culture have value?; title: Reality TV fosters connections between people / Heather Havrilesky; title: Reality TV fosters sadism / Michael Goodspeed; title: Violent video games can promote an understanding of human nature / Thom Gillespie; title: Violent video games promote violence / Jack Thompson; title: Rap music provides a realistic view of life / Carl S. Taylor and Virgil Taylor; title: Rap music harms the black community / John McWhorter; title: Is popular culture too coarse?; title: Television programming has become increasingly coarse / Jonathan S. Adelstein; title: Cultural conservatives exaggerate the coarseness of television programming / Carl F. Horowitz; title: Radio broadcasting has become increasingly vulgar / Frank Absher; title: Efforts to censor radio vulgarity are misguided / Neal Boortz; title: Rap music's focus on pimps harms society / Clarence Page; title: Rap music's focus on pimps does not harm society / Mark Anthony Neal; title: Popular culture encourages girls to wear revealing clothing / Jared Jackson; title: Revealing teen fashions do not harm children / Rhonda Hollen; title: The Federal Communications Commission should crack down on TV obscenity / L. Brent Bozell III; title: The Federal Communications Commission should not crack down on TV obscenity / Doug Casey; title: Is popular culture too violent?; title: Media violence promotes violent behavior / Ed Donnerstein; title: Media violence promotes healthy behavior / Gerard Jones; title: Professional wrestling promotes violent behavior / Jackson Katz and Sut Jhally; title: Professional wrestling is harmless drama / Ray Deonandan; title: Violent rap lyrics are not a significant contributor to violent behavior / Pat Stack; title: Violent rap lyrics can encourage violent behavior / Brent Morrison; title: What values does popular culture promote?; title: The movie industry fosters anti-religious attitudes / Don Feder; title: The movie industry has begun to foster respect for religion / Barbara Nicolosi; title: Television promotes acceptance of homosexuality / Albert Mohler; title: Television encourages viewers to reject homosexuals / Abigail Graber; title: Popular culture promotes acceptance of pornography / Dave Berg; title: Acceptance of pornography may be decreasing / Elizabeth Nickson; title: Playboy magazine legitimized pornography / Sheila Gibbons; title: Playboy magazine is harmless / Catherine Seipp