Violence and the Media
Violence and the Media: A Reference Handbook
By David Newton
Published by ABC-CLIO in their Contemporary World Issues series, 1996.
This is a 6" by 9" hardcover book running to 254 pages including a glossary and an index, plus a brief preface.
The preface says,
"The purpose of this book is to provide resources with which readers can develop a better understanding of the issue of violence in the mass media. The first chapter is devoted to a general review of the issue, its historical background, and the major questions involved in the debate over violence in the mass media. The second chapter provides a chronology of important events that have taken place over the past two centuries. Chapter 3 contains biographical sketches of some important figures in the long controversy over the place and effects of violence in the mass media. Chapter 4 is composed of important documents such as laws, regulations, court decisions, industry standards, and policy statements relating to the subject of violence in the mass media. Chapter 5 contains a list of organizations interested in and working on the topic of violence in the mass media. Chapter 6 and 7 provide lists, respectively, of print and nonprint resources on the subject of violence in the mass media. Finally, a glossary of important terms used in discussions of this topic follows the last chapter of the book."
The text in this book manages to be highly informative and thought provoking while using a level of English prose that would be accessible to high school students. This makes it really useful in a lot of undergraduate college settings where it's difficult to get students to read anything "hard" or where many of them are underprepared. It seems most useful for public libraries supporting high school homework assignments and college libraries supporting Freshman composition classes. It's a well enough done book performing a necessary function. The other books in this series are also like that.
By David Newton
Published by ABC-CLIO in their Contemporary World Issues series, 1996.
This is a 6" by 9" hardcover book running to 254 pages including a glossary and an index, plus a brief preface.
The preface says,
"The purpose of this book is to provide resources with which readers can develop a better understanding of the issue of violence in the mass media. The first chapter is devoted to a general review of the issue, its historical background, and the major questions involved in the debate over violence in the mass media. The second chapter provides a chronology of important events that have taken place over the past two centuries. Chapter 3 contains biographical sketches of some important figures in the long controversy over the place and effects of violence in the mass media. Chapter 4 is composed of important documents such as laws, regulations, court decisions, industry standards, and policy statements relating to the subject of violence in the mass media. Chapter 5 contains a list of organizations interested in and working on the topic of violence in the mass media. Chapter 6 and 7 provide lists, respectively, of print and nonprint resources on the subject of violence in the mass media. Finally, a glossary of important terms used in discussions of this topic follows the last chapter of the book."
The text in this book manages to be highly informative and thought provoking while using a level of English prose that would be accessible to high school students. This makes it really useful in a lot of undergraduate college settings where it's difficult to get students to read anything "hard" or where many of them are underprepared. It seems most useful for public libraries supporting high school homework assignments and college libraries supporting Freshman composition classes. It's a well enough done book performing a necessary function. The other books in this series are also like that.