Description
Book SynopsisMedia 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.
It 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.
The book includes chapter outlines; key questions for discussion; further reading lists; glossary; appendix of summaries of criminal cases discussed.
It will be relevant for students of Media and Cultural Studies, Criminology, Gender Studies and Psychology.
Table of Contents
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
