NCJ Number
771
Date Published
1969
Length
614 pages
Annotation
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY MASS MEDIA EMPHASIZING THE EFFECTS OF THEIR OPERATING PRACTICES UPON THE PRECIPITATION OF VIOLENCE.
Abstract
QUESTIONS EXPLORED INCLUDE SUCH ISSUES AS WHETHER CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM OF THE PRESS SANCTIONS INDISCRIMINATE BROADCASTING OF VIOLENCE, WHETHER NEWS MEDIA ACT AS A DIVISIVE FORCE IN THE COUNTRY, AND WHETHER THERE IS A CAUSAL RELATION BETWEEN VIOLENCE IN MEDIA AND VIOLENCE IN SOCIETY.