The Myth of Media Violence - Couverture souple

Trend, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405133856 ISBN 13 : 9781405133852

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

The Myth of Media Violence: A Critical Introduction assesses the current and historical debates over violence in film, television, and video games; extends the conversation beyond simple condemnation or support; and addresses a diverse range of issues and influences.

• Looks at the chronology of contemporary media violence, and explores reservations over communications medias throughout history.
  
• Examines the forces behind the encouraged anxieties about media violence.
  
• Uses examples drawn from a range of media, including disaster and horror movies, science fiction, film tie-in toys, crime shows, MTV, news, sports, and children's television programming, books and video games.
  
• Includes a closing chapter about why media violence exists as it does in our culture, and what we can do about it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Trend is Professor of Studio Art at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author or editor of a number of books, including Radical Democracy: Identity, Citizenship and the State (1995) and Reading Digital Culture (Blackwell, 2001).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405133856
• ISBN 13: 9781405133852
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 146
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH; info@wiley-vch.de; ; Boschstraße 12; Weinheim; Baden-Württemberg; 69469; Allemagne