On Media Violence

by W. James Potter

• ISBN13: 9780761916383
• ISBN10: 0761916385
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-30
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

This definitive examination of this important social topic asks questions such as: How much media violence is there? What are the meanings conveyed in the way violence is portrayed? What effect does it have on viewers?Divided into four parts, the book covers: a review of research on media violence; re-conceptions of exisiting theories of media violence; addresses the need to rethink the methodological tools used to assess media violence; and introduces the concept of Lineation Theory, a perspective for thinking about media violence and a new theoretical approach explaining it.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
1. Overview and Introduction	1	(10)
PART I: Reviewing	11	(52)
2. Theories of Media Violence	11	(14)
3. Effects of Exposure to Media Violence	25	(18)
4. Violent Content on Television	43	(20)
PART II: Reconcepturlizing	63	(104)
5. Violence	63	(22)
6. Schema and Context	85	(12)
7. Levels of Analysis	97	(12)
8. Development	109	(12)
9. Effects	121	(18)
10. Risk	139	(14)
11. The Industry's Perspective	153	(14)
PART III: Rethinking Methodology	167	(44)
12. Effects Methodologies and Methods	167	(28)
13. Content Analysis of Media Violence	195	(16)
PART IV: Lineation Theory	211	(46)
14. Axioms and Dictionary	211	(14)
15. Propositions	225	(32)
References	257	(30)
Author Index	287	(9)
Subject Index	296	(8)
About the Author	304