Description
| Product ID: | 9780815362302 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Graphic Violence |
| Subtitle: | Illustrated Theories About Violence, Popular Media, and Our Social Lives |
| Authors: | Author: Emily Edwards, Tristan Fuller |
| Page Count: | 296 |
| Subjects: | Communication studies, Communication studies, Popular culture, Media studies, Violence and abuse in society, Popular culture, Media studies, Violence in society |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Graphic Violence provides an innovative introduction to the relationship between violence and visual media, discussing how media consumers and producers can think critically about and interact with violent visual content. It comprehensively surveys predominant theories of media violence and the research supporting and challenging them. Graphic Violence provides an innovative introduction to the relationship between violence and visual media, discussing how media consumers and producers can think critically about and interact with violent visual content. It comprehensively surveys predominant theories of media violence and the research supporting and challenging them, addressing issues ranging from social learning, to representations of war and terrorism, to gender and hyper-masculinity. Each chapter features original artwork presenting a story in the style of a graphic novel to demonstrate the concepts at hand. Truly unique in its approach to the subject and medium, this volume is an excellent resource for undergraduate students of communication and media theory as well as anyone interested in understanding the causes and effects of violence in media. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-06-24 |
