1st Edition
Violence on Television An Analysis of Amount, Nature, Location and Origin of Violence in British Programmes
342 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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Television is often accused of showing too much violence. However, it is rare that anyone stops to ask what this statement means. Violence on Television provides an objective analysis of the violence on television, how much there is and what form it takes. It presents findings from the largest ever sudy of the depiction of violence on television carried out in Britain, funded by the British... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: The research; 3: Amount of violence on television; 4: Nature of violence on television; 5: Setting of Violence; 6: Motives and consequences of violence; 7: Aggressors and victims; 8: Programme genre and TV violence; 9: Violence in dramatic fiction; 10: Violence in light entertainment; 11: Violence in news and factual programmes; 12: Violence in children's programmes; 13: Scheduling and television violence; 14: Violence on British television: A cause for concern or comfort?
Biography
Barrie Gunter, Jackie Harrison
