Details

Subject(s)

• Violence on television [Browse]

Related name

• Harrison, Jackie, 1961- [Browse]
• Wykes, Maggie, 1951- [Browse]

Series

LEA's communication series. [More in this series]

Summary note

Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and violence in society. Critics have accused the medium of presenting excessive quantities of violence, to the point where it is virtually impossible for viewers to avoid it. This book presents the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever undertaken, funded by the broadcasting industry. The study was carried out at the same time as similar industry-sponsored research wa

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-286) and indexes.

Language note

English

Contents

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Violence on Television: The Parameters of Concern; Chapter 2 Issues of Measurement and Analysis; Chapter 3 Amount and Distribution of Violence on Television; Chapter 4 Forms of Violence on Television; Chapter 5 Motives and Consequences of Violence on Television; Chapter 6 Gender and Violence on Television; Chapter 7 Children and Violence on Television; Chapter 8 Violence in Soaps; Chapter 9 News Values and Violence; Chapter 10 Violence on Television in Britain and the United States
• Chapter 11 Violence on Television and Helping the AudienceBibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

ISBN

• 1-135-65339-9
• 1-135-65340-2
• 1-4106-0690-2

OCLC

• 52252727
• 893194690

Doi

• 10.4324/9781410606907

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