TY  - GEN
AU  - Gunter,Barrie
AU  - Harrison,Jackie
AU  - Wykes,Maggie
TI  - Violence on television: distribution, form, context, and themes 
T2  - Routledge communication series
SN  - 0805846441
U1  - 791 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - [S.l.]
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Performing Arts/Dance
KW  - Social Issues, Services & Welfare
KW  - USA
KW  - United Kingdom, Great Britain
KW  - Media studies
KW  - Television
KW  - Pop Arts / Pop Culture
KW  - Performing Arts
KW  - Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication
KW  - Performing Arts / Television / General
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society
KW  - Social Science : Violence in Society
KW  - Television - General
KW  - Violence in Society
N1  - Paperback
N2  - Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a significant causal agent in relation to the prevalence of crime and violence in society. Critics have accused the medium of presenting excessive quantities of violence, to the point where it is virtually impossible for viewers to avoid it. This book presents the findings of the largest British study of violence on TV ever undertaken, funded by the broadcasting industry. The study was carried out at the same time as similar industry-sponsored research was being conducted in the United States, and one chapter compares findings from Britain and the U.S.A. The book concludes that it is misleading to accuse all broadcasters of presenting excessive quantities of violence in their schedules. This does not deny that problematic portrayals were found. But the most gory, horrific and graphic scenes of violence were generally contained within broadcasts available on a subscription basis or in programs shown at times when few children were expected to be watching. This factual analysis proves that broadcasters were meeting their obligations under their national regulatory codes of practice
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