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Ill effects : the media/violence debate / [edited by] Martin Barker and Julian Petley.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Routledge, c2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0415225132 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6 ILL
Contents:
List of contributors - Introduction: from bad research to good - a guide for the perplexed - 1. The Newson report: a case study in 'common sense' - 2. The worrying influence of 'media effects' studies - 3. Electronic child abuse? Rethinking the media's effects on children - 4. Living for libido; or, 'Child's play IV': the imagery of childhood and the calls for censorship - 5. Just what the doctors ordered ? Media regulation, education and the 'problem' of media violence - 6. Once more with feeling: talking about the media violence debate in Australia - 7. I was a teenage horror fan: or, 'How I learned to stop worrying and love Linda Blair' - 8. 'Looks like it hurts': women's responses to shocking entertainment - 9. Reservoirs of dogma:an archaeology for poular anxieties - 10. Us and them - 11. Invasion of the Internet abusers: marketing fears about the information superhighway - 12. On the problems of being a 'trendy travesty' - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of contributors - Introduction: from bad research to good - a guide for the perplexed - 1. The Newson report: a case study in 'common sense' - 2. The worrying influence of 'media effects' studies - 3. Electronic child abuse? Rethinking the media's effects on children - 4. Living for libido; or, 'Child's play IV': the imagery of childhood and the calls for censorship - 5. Just what the doctors ordered ? Media regulation, education and the 'problem' of media violence - 6. Once more with feeling: talking about the media violence debate in Australia - 7. I was a teenage horror fan: or, 'How I learned to stop worrying and love Linda Blair' - 8. 'Looks like it hurts': women's responses to shocking entertainment - 9. Reservoirs of dogma:an archaeology for poular anxieties - 10. Us and them - 11. Invasion of the Internet abusers: marketing fears about the information superhighway - 12. On the problems of being a 'trendy travesty' - Index.