Violence in the media / Jodie Lynn Boduch, book editor.

Chiefly a collection of previously published (1933-2007) articles, essays, etc.

Incluye bibliografía.

Violence as spectacle in ancient Rome / Sissela Bok -- Murder news as cultural event in Victorian England / L. Perry Curtis Jr. -- Movies have a wide range of influence on youth / W.W. Charters -- Mass media is teaching violence as a solution to problems / Fredric Wertham -- Violent news images affect public opinion / David Culbert -- Lessons learned from media violence / Robert M. Liebert, Emily S. Davidson, and John M. Neale -- A lack of consensus on the effects of media violence / Media Awareness Network -- Legal and ethical challenges to violence imagery in the news / Wendy Lesser -- Videogames teach children how to shoot guns / Clive Thompson -- Violent entertainment should not be marketed to children / Bill Clinton -- Violence in entertainment media is good for kids / Gerard Jones -- Moral relativism, not violence, is the problem / Jonah Goldberg -- Media violence often has no moral lesson / Patrick McCormick -- Government regulations on violence in entertainment media / Jess Cagle, Mitch Frank, and Mark Thompson -- Health care professionals should factor the news into the media violence debate / Juliette H. Walma van der Molen -- The public must move from awareness to action / Elizabeth Thoman -- Chronology -- Organizations to contact.