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Media and Violence

Gendering the Debates
  • ISBN-13: 9781412903790
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • By Karen Boyle
  • Price: AUD $128.00
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  • Local release date: 20/01/2005
  • Format: Paperback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 256 pages Weight: 390g
  • Categories: Media studies [JFD]Violence in society [JFFE]
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Media and Violence pays equal attention to the production, content and reception involved in any representation of violence. This book offers a framework for understanding how violence is represented and consumed. Media and Violence examines: The relationship of media, gender and real-world violence; Representations of violence in screen entertainment; The effects of violent media on consumers; The ethics and gender politics of the production processes of screen violence; The discussions are illustrated with topical and well-known examples, enabling the reader to critically engage with the debates. Media and Violence includes chapter outlines; key questions for discussion; further reading lists; glossary; appendix of summaries of criminal cases discussed
Dr. Karen Boyle is a Lecturer in Film & Television Studies at the University of Glasgow where her teaching focuses on issues of spectatorship, identity, gender, violence and feminism. She has presented the ideas collected in this book at a number of international conferences and has published articles on media/ violence in a range of refereed journals
PART ONE: THE MEDIA/VIOLENCE DEBATE The Effects of Violence in the Media Beyond Cause and Effect PART TWO: REPORTING VIOLENCE From Jack to OJ True Crimes of Male Violence Deadlier Than the Males? True Crimes of Women's Violence PART THREE: SCREENING VIOLENCE Seeing (as) Violence Film, feminism and the Male Gaze The Days of Whose Lives? Violence, (post-)feminism and Television
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