Media and Violence - Gendering the Debates

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Karen Boyle is a Lecturer in Film & Television Studies at the University of Glasgow where her teaching focuses on issues of spectatorship, identity, gender, violence and feminism. She has presented the ideas collected in this book at a number of international conferences and has published articles on media/ violence in a range of refereed journals Klappentext Media and Violence pays equal attention to the production, content, reception and consumer involved in any representation of violence. This book offers a framework for understanding how violence is represented and consumed and is illustrated with topical and well-known examples, enabling the reader to critically engage with the debates. Zusammenfassung Media and Violence pays equal attention to the production! content! reception and consumer involved in any representation of violence. This book offers a framework for understanding how violence is represented and consumed and is illustrated with topical and well-known examples! enabling the reader to critically engage with the debates. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: THE MEDIA/VIOLENCE DEBATE The Effects of Violence in the Media Beyond Cause and Effect PART TWO: REPORTING VIOLENCE From Jack to OJ True Crimes of Male Violence Deadlier Than the Males? True Crimes of Women¿s Violence PART THREE: SCREENING VIOLENCE Seeing (as) Violence Film, feminism and the Male Gaze The Days of Whose Lives? Violence, (post-)feminism and Television

Product details

• Authors: Karen Boyle, Karen (University of Glasgow) Boyle, Boyle Karen
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2005
• EAN: 9781412903790
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-0379-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, Media & Crime;Sociology of Gender