|
Showing 1 - 4 of
4 matches in All Departments
This Element presents original research into how young people
interact with violent extremist material, including terrorist
propaganda, when online. It explores a series of emotional and
behavioural responses that challenge assumptions that terror or
trauma are the primary emotional responses to these online
environments. It situates young people's emotional responses within
a social framework, revealing them to have a relatively
sophisticated relationship with violent extremism on social media
that challenges simplistic concerns about processes of
radicalisation. The Element draws on four years of research,
including quantitative surveys and qualitative focus groups with
young people, and presents a unique perspective drawn from young
people's experiences.
|
The Porn Report (Paperback)
Alan McKee, Kath Albury, Catharine Lumby
|
R777
R682
Discovery Miles 6 820
Save R95 (12%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
The Porn Report is a radical new way of thinking about the place of
pornography in society. The writers draw on wide-ranging empirical
research to show the production, distribution and consumption of
pornography, its content, its consumers and the public debates
within which people make sense of it. During a groundbreaking
three-year investigation, the authors conducted interviews and
surveys to produce a detailed picture of the adult-content
industries. They interviewed the models, photographers and
distributors involved in the pornography industry to find out why
they are involved and what they think of it. They have analysed the
contents of best-selling videos and conducted a large-scale survey
of consumers to find out who they are and what they think of the
materials they watch and read. The authors do not assume
pornography is a bad thing, nor do they ignore the difficult issues
that surround its production and consumption. The Porn Report
engages with the most controversial issues relating to the
industry, and provides an insight into the everyday uses of
pornography by ordinary consumers, and the place of pornography in
society.
One of the seminal films of the 1970s, Alvin Purple depicts Alvin's
struggles with his irresistibility to women-from his school days
and time as a waterbed salesman to his short-lived career as a sex
therapist. The 'definitive ocker comedy', Alvin Purple survived a
critical mauling and went on to become the most commercially
successful Australian film of the 1970s. Catharine Lumby takes a
fresh look at the film, the social and political era in which it
was made and the forces that fuelled its success. She revisits
claims that the movie is little more than an exercise in
sexploitation and argues that the film is far more complex than its
detractors have allowed.
This analysis of the ethical challenges posed by new media formats, technologies and audiences considers many aspects of these emerging genres and technologies. It reveals how they work and are reshaping the public sphere, as well as how the connections between product and viewer, and producer and media consumer, are being changed by new shows and formats. With so much interest in contemporary media forms and so many heated debates about media ethics, this book is essential to journalists, media practitioners and theorists.
|
|