Audience Responses to Real Media Violence - The Knockout Game

This book examines audiences' cognitive and affective responses to user-generated real media violence. Using Knockout Game videos, Antony examines the extent to which realism assessments interact with moral disengagement, and the (in)ability to empathize with victims of real media violence.

List of contents

Part I - How We Respond to Media Violence
Chapter 1 - When violence is real (not reel)
Chapter 2 - Emotional responses to media characters
Chapter 3 - Moral disengagement and enjoying media violence
Part II - How Audiences Respond to Real Media Violence
Chapter 4 - Measuring responses to real media violence
Chapter 5 - Realism, rationalization, and rejection
Chapter 6 - This feeling is based on actual events
Chapter 7 - Boys don't cry... but do girls?
Part III - So What?
Chapter 8 - Understanding how we watch real violence
Chapter 9 - Why we should care

About the author

Mary Grace Antony is assistant professor of communication studies at the Schreiner University.

Summary

This book examines audiences’ cognitive and affective responses to user-generated real media violence. Using Knockout Game videos, Antony examines the extent to which realism assessments interact with moral disengagement, and the (in)ability to empathize with victims of real media violence.

Product details

• Authors: Mary G. Antony, Mary Grace Antony, Antony Mary Grace
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780739196137
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9613-7
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Communication Studies, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society