This definitive examination of this important social topic asks questions suchas How much media violence is there? What are the meanings conveyed in the wayviol... » 

This definitive examination of this important social topic asks questions suchas How much media violence is there? What are the meanings conveyed in the wayviolence is portrayed? What effect does it have on viewers?Divided into four parts the book covers a review of research on mediaviolence reconceptions of exisiting theories of media violence addresses theneed to rethink the methodological tools used to assess media violence andintroduces the concept of Lineation Theory a perspective for thinking aboutmedia violence and a new theoretical approach explaining it. «