Media, Sex, Violence, and Drugs in the Global Village

by Kamalipour, Yahya R.; Rampal, Kuldip R.; Amin, Hussein Y.; Brown, Jane D.; Choi, Junho H.; Danowski, James A.; de Beer, Arnold S.; Dyson, Rose; Fikry, Hanzada; Gerbner, George; He, Zhou; Kang, Jong G.; Kraidy, Marwan M.; Nemeth, Neil; Roach, Thomas J.; Ro

• ISBN13: 9780742500600
• ISBN10: 0742500608
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Prominent media scholars such as Herbert Schiller have long noted the implications of Western--especially American--cultural influence on peoples of the developing Third World. Media, Sex, Violence, and Drugs in the Global Village provides a multicultural analysis of the impact of globalized Western media, including movies, syndicated radio programs, the Internet, and satellite and cable television programs. Looking specifically at themes of sex, violence, and drugs, an international cast of media scholars offers case studies of countries grappling with the influences of both Western cultural imports and similar local productions.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
Yahya R. Kamalipour
Kuldip R. Rampal
The Paradox of Media Effects	5	(12)
Thomas J. Roach
Social Implications of Media Globalization	17	(12)
Nancy Snow
A Global Perspective on Internet Sexual Content: Nations' Values as Predictors of Internet Web Sex Pages	29	(22)
James A. Danowski
Junho H. Choi
North America's Cult of Sex and Violence	51	(18)
Rose Dyson
Drugs in Television, Movies, and Music Videos	69	(8)
George Gerbner
The Mass Media and the Health of Adolescents in the United States	77	(20)
Jane D. Brown
Elizabeth M. Witherspoon
Covering his Not-So-Private Parts: The Multinational and Multicultural Struggle to Regulate the Broadcasts of Shock-Jock Howard Stern	97	(18)
Neil Nemeth
Cultural Bane or Sociological Boon? Impact of Satellite Television on Urban Youth in India	115	(16)
Kuldip R. Rampal
Pornography, Perceptions of Sex, and Sexual Callousness: A Cross-Cultural Comparison	131	(22)
Zhou He
A Lethal Combination: Sex and Violence in the World of Korean Television	153	(14)
Jong G. Kang
Women, Media, and Violence in the New South Africa: Disciplining the Mind (the Body Is Irrelevant)	167	(34)
Arnold S. de Beer
Karen Ross
Media, Violence, Drugs, and Sex in Turkey	201	(18)
Alev Yemenici
Media, Sex, Violence, and Drugs: Egypt's Experience	219	(16)
Hussein Y. Amin
Hanzada Fikry
Sex, Violence, and Terrorism in Hollywood's International Political Imagery	235	(26)
M. Mehdi Semati
Between Globalization and Localization: Television, Tradition, and Modernity	261	(12)
Marwan M. Kraidy
Epilogue	273	(6)
Kuldip R. Rampal
Suggested Readings	279	(4)
Index	283	(6)
About the Editors and Contributors	289