Harm and Offence in Media Content: A Review of the Evidence, Second Edition - Softcover

Millwood Hargrave, Andrea; Livingstone, Sonia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841502383 ISBN 13: 9781841502380

Publisher: Intellect Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Children and teenagers are often the first to adopt new media technologies, and parents and policy makers continue to be concerned about the widespread use of diverse media and its potential effects on young people. Harm and Offence in Media Content presents a significant and comprehensive analysis of the benefits and dangers posed by both established and emergent technologies. Newly updated, this balanced, critical account examines all media, including interactive games, social networking and mobile phones. Many examples specifically focus on the United States, noting the ways in which young people are using new technologies and the partnerships this has given rise to between state governments, media regulators and Internet service providers. This informative guide to a controversial field of study will be a useful resource for scholars in media, communication, psychology, sociology and education.

About this title

About the Author:

Sonia Livingstone directs the EU Kids online network at the London School of Economics. 

Review:

'As a lecturer in media studies, I have found Hargrave and Livingstone's work a useful resource for lecture-preparation, tutorial topics and further reading for students pursuing projects in media effects. As a researcher with a special interest in the impact of media on health (both the physical impact of using media channels and the attitudinal and behavioural impact of consuming media messages), I have found this work a useful portal to media effects research, particularly the impact of media on obesity. This review offers a wide-ranging introduction to research investigating how media content influences audiences (and the limits of these findings), a link to scholars active in this field and an excellent grounding for thinking about media and society. For new scholars, this work happens to provide a helpful introduction to a variety of approaches to media studies, particularly research into media effects. ' - Catriona Bonfiglioli, Discourse & Communication

About this edition

• Publisher: Intellect Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1841502383
• ISBN 13: 9781841502380
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 246