Humans of the advanced world are the most violent beings of all times. This violence is evident in the conditions of perpetual warfare and the accumulation of t

This definitive examination of this important social topic asks questions such as: How much media violence is there? What are the meanings conveyed in the way v

"Each chapter contains recommendations for legislators, policy makers, researchers, and families. This book should be on the desk, and minds, of legislators, at

Presents a new theory of media ethics that is explicitly international.

This volume brings together leading sociologists and anthropologists to break new ground in the study of cultural violence. First sketched in Raphael Lemkin’s