Since 1954, violence in television programming has been the subject
of legislative debate, congressional hearings, agency
pronouncements, and presidential commentary. Most recently, ratings
of television programs have been discussed and implemented while
other means of controlling the access to certain kinds of
television programs have been discussed. The debate over the
age-based program rating system recently implemented by the
television industry has generated many questions about television
violence.
The essays in the volume provide answers to many of these questions
on specific policy issues surrounding media violence. The
contributors suggest that the research on television violence can
serve as the basis for a framework that categorizes programs based
on the context in which the violence is presented. The manner in
which information is conveyed about violent content affects how
viewers react to such warnings. Program warnings with MPAA-style
ratings have the potential to confuse parents (since they do not
provide detailed content information) and attract some viewers such
as teenage males.
The contributors include some of the top researchers in the field
of communications, several of whom participated in the National
Television Violence Study. Contributors are Eva Blumenthal, Joanne
Cantor, Wayne Danielson, Ed Donnerstein, Tim Gray, Kristen
Harrison, Cynthia Hoffner, Marlies Klijn, Marina Krcmar, Dale
Kunkel, Dominic Lasorsa, Rafael Lopez, Dan Linz, Adriana Olivarez,
James Potter, Stacy Smith, Matthew L. Spitzer, Ellen Wartella, D.
Charles Whitney, and Barbara Wilson.
This volume will be of interest to communications researchers,
media policy experts, legal scholars, government and industry
officials, and social scientists interested in media and
television.
James Hamilton is Director of the Program on Violence and the
Media, Duke University.
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