Violence and the media
By: Cynthia Carter and C. Kay Weaver.
Contributors: Weaver, C. Kay, 1964-
Series: Issues in cultural and media studies
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Buckingham, England; Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Violence in mass media
Description: "The book offers a compelling argument that the daily repetition of media violence helps to normalize and legitimize the acts being portrayed. Most crucially, the influence of media violence needs to be understood in relation to the structural inequalities of everyday life. Using a wide range of examples of media violence primarily drawn from the American and British media to illustrate these points, Violence and the Media is a distinctive and revealing exploration of one of the most important and controversial subjects in cultural and media studies today."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.