Ziel des Sammelbandes ist es, "die Dichotomie von Allmacht bzw. Ohnmacht der Medien zugunsten einer differenzierteren Betrachtungsweise aufzulösen. Die Beiträge erläutern die gesellschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen und stellen die bisherigen kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Befunde vor. Abschließen
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d werden mögliche Konsequenzen aus der Wirkungsdebatte und Forschungsperspektiven diskutiert". (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Scholarly articles and books on violence and terror in the mass media comprise the bulk of this bibliography. The 784 entries are numbered, divided into sections on mass media content, mass media effects, pornography, and terrorism, then arranged alphabetically by author. Content and effects chapte
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rs are by far the largest, spanning 673 entries and 184 pages. Annotations are descriptive. The introduction lists several other useful bibliographic studies of terrorism and violence, including Richard L. Moreland and Michael L. Berbaum's "Terrorism and the Mass Media: A Researcher's Bibliographyˆ in Abraham H. Miller's (ed. ) Terrorism: The Media and the Law (Transnational, 1982) and Violence and the Media: A Bibliography (Toronto: The Royal Commission, 1977). This publication started as a UNESCO project in 1984 and includes, according to the compilers, most relevant publications through early 1987. Most works included were published in the United States, although "an effort was made to obtain and include studies from all countries where relevant research has been conducted. Communications research in general and media violence studies in particular have had the widest reach in the United States." (Jo A. Cates: Journalism - a guide to the reference literature. Englewood, Col.: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed. 1997 nr. 108)
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"This, one of the earliest studies on the subject, is a report of a symposium conducted by 23 specialists in various disciplines of the social sciences who represent 18 countries. Emphasis is worldwide as members attempt to answer three questions: (1) What is meant by violence? (2) What is commonly
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assumed and what is actually known about the relation between violence in the mass media and violence in real life? (3) How can the media carry out their traditional mission of informing, educating, and entertaining in such a way that their influence will tend to reduce rather than increase violence? The developing countries come in for special attention. Discussion centers around structure and theory rather than empirical studies." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 56)
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