Northampton MA : Media Education Foundation, c2002.
Format:
Video
1 videodisc (37 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:
Videodisc release of the 1994 documentary.
Originally produced in 1994.
Contents:
Stories of power
Happy violence
Accelerating violence
Violence is a social relationship
The lessons of violence
Citizenship in the cultural environment
What parents and teachers can do.
Production Credits:
Executive producer and director, Sut Jhally.
Participant:
Presenters: Dr. George Gerbner; Jean Kilbourne.
Summary:
In contrast to the relatively simplistic behaviorist model that media violence causes real-world violence, Dr. Gerbner encourages the viewer to think about the psychological, political, social, and developmental impacts of growing up and living within a cultural environment of pervasive, ritualized violent images.