A01=Karen Sternheimer
Author_Karen Sternheimer
Category=JHB
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- ISBN 9780813341385
- Dimensions: 155 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 18 Sep 2003
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Are school shootings the result of violent video games? Do sex-laden movies lead to promiscuity? Can Goth music create alienation? Repeatedly we are told the answer to these and similar questions is a resounding yes. But is this the right answer? It's Not the Media considers why media culture is a perennial target of both fascination and concern, and why we are so often encouraged to believe it is the root of many social problems. A look beyond the attention-grabbing headlines and political stumping reveals that fearing media feels right because media represents what we fear. And changes in media culture are easier to see than the complex economic, social, and political changes we have experienced over the past few decades. Digging deeper into the historical and societal trends of the past century and drawing from the most current social science research on the effects of media on children, Sternheimer presents a compelling argument that fear of social change, and what it means to be a kid in a today's media-saturated climate, lies at the heart of our media-bashing culture.
Karen Sternheimer teaches in the sociology department at the University of Southern California. Her commentary has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and other major newspapers. She also serves as a research consultant for the centre for Media Literacy. She lives in Los Angeles.
