Summary

'Media' and 'Violence' are two terms which are frequently connected but within media studies the subject is hotly contested and there is no consensus of opinion about the effects of media on violent behaviour. Critical Readings: Violence and the Media brings together twenty influential articles which have shaped the field of media violence research. It combines a range of perspectives: behavioural effects; theories of desensitisation; cultivation theory; mass communication; feminist perspectives; the 'no-effects' model. As with other Critical Readings books, there will be an editor's introduction to the volume and shorter introductions to each section. Includes essays by: Albert Bandura; Dorothea Ross; Sheila A. Ross; Joanne Cantor; George Gerbner; David Buckingham; Jenny Kitzinger; Henry A. Giroux; Malempati Madhusudana Semati; Birgitta Hoijer; Annette Hill, David Gauntlett; Martin Barker; Julian Petley; Ann Jemphrey; Eileen Berrington; David Campbell; Derek Iwamoto; Alison Adam; Christine Kellow; Leslie Steeves; Magdala Peixoto Labre; Lisa Duke; Jennifer Pat Ogle; Molly Eckman; catherine Amoroso; Debra Merskin; Micheal A. Messner; Michele Dunbar; Darnell Hunt; Srividya Ramasubramanian; Mary Beth Oliver; Charles Piot; Jack Glaser; Jay Dixit; Donald P. Green; Valerie Palmer-Meta; Kellie D. Hay; Juliette Walma van der Molen.