Karen Boyle

Media and Violence (eBook, PDF)

Gendering the Debates

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847876218
• Artikelnr.: 38423765

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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