218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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Each new development in the mass media has elicited highly charged criticism from alarmed observers. Comics, romance novels, music videos, and even movies, radio, and television have all been denounced as threats to children, teenagers, adults, and even the stability of civilization itself. Organized into community groups, citizens have repeatedly taken militant action against the media, ranging... Read more
I: Introduction and Background; 1: Threats to Mind, Morality, and Society; 2: Writing, Printing, and Thinking; II: The Response to Innovation; 3: Pressure on the Press: Journalism; 4: Fear of Fiction: The Novel; 5: Infamous Images: The Comics; 6: The Sin in Cinema: Movies; 7: Radio Activity and Its Fallout: Radio; 8: The Vast Wasteland: Television; 9: Invaders of the Eighties: Recent Threats; III: Social and Psychological Perspectives; 10: Masscult Menace: Popular Culture; 11: Moral Crusades: The Psychology of Fear
Biography
Steven Starker
