Channeling Violence
The Economic Market for Violent Television Programming
If it bleeds, it leads. The phrase captures television news directors' famed preference for opening newscasts with the most violent stories they can find. And what is true for news is often true for entertainment programming, where violence is used as a product to attract both viewers and sponsors. In this book, James Hamilton presents the first major theoretical and empirical examination of the market for television violence. Hamilton approaches television violence in the same way that other economists approach the problem of pollution: that is, as an example of market failure. He argues that television violence, like pollution, generates ne…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-07024-7
- EAN: 9780691070247
- Produktnummer: 1382042
- Verlag: University Presses
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 390 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.2 cm
- Abbildungen: 16 line illus. 97 tables
Über den Autor
James T. Hamilton is Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Duke University.
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