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008			080520s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781628928341
020			_z9780826429872 (hardback)
020			_z9781441185266 (paperback)
082			_a303.6 _222
100			_aSymonds, Gwyn, _eauthor. _918768
245			_aThe aesthetics of violence in contemporary media / _cGwyn Symonds.
260			_aNew York : _bContinuum, _c2008.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 309 pages)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.
520			_a"The topic of violence in the media seems as inundated as can be. Countless studies and research projects have been conducted, mostly to show its negative effects on society. What Gwynneth Symonds proposes, though, takes this significant topic one step further: studying the aesthetics of media violence. By defining key terms like the 'graphic' nature and 'authenticity' of violent representations, and discussing how those definitions are linked to actual violence outside the film and television screen, Symonds broadens the arena of study. Engagingly written, The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media fills an important gap. Symonds uses existing studies for the empirical audience reception data, together with discussions of the different representations of violence to look at violence in the media as an art form in of itself. By looking at The Simpsons, Bowling for Columbine and Norma Khouri's Forbidden Love, just to name a few, Symonds cross-analyzes violence in multiple media to see their affective role in audience reception - an important aspect when discussing media. The book strikes a balance between the readers' need to see how theory matches what actually happens in the texts in question and the demands of a theoretical overview."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bLondon : _cBloomsbury Publishing, _d2014. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess limited by licensing agreement.
650			_aMass media _xAesthetics. _918769
650			_aMass media _xAudiences. _918770
650			_aViolence in mass media. _918771
650			_2Film theory & criticism
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781628928341?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
942			_cEBK
999			_c13351 _d13351