| Variant title |
Eleven myths of media violence |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Current Context 1 -- 2. Myth 1: Violence in the media does not affect me, but others are at high risk. 31 -- 3. Myth 2: The media are not responsible for the negative effects of their violent messages. 52 -- 4. Myth 3: Children are especially vulnerable to the risks of negative exposure to media violence. 67 -- 5. Myth 4: There is too much violence in the media. 85 -- 6. Myth 5: Violence in the media reflects violence in society. 103 -- 7. Myth 6: The media are only responding to market desires. 115 -- 8. Myth 7: Violence is an essential element in all fiction. 129 -- 9. Myth 8: Reducing the amount of violence in the media will solve the problem. 140 -- 10. Myth 9: The First Amendment protects the media from restrictions on violence. 153 -- 11. Myth 10: The rating systems and V-chip will help solve the problem. 168 -- 12. Myth 11: There is nothing I can do to make an effect on reducing the problem. 185 -- 13. Prognosis for Improvement 209. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-249) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002008802 |
| ISBN | 0761927344 (hard) |
| ISBN | 0761927352 (pbk.) |
