| Deciphering Violence: The Cognitive Structure of Right and Wrong Contributor(s): Cerulo, Karen a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415917999 ISBN-13: 9780415917995 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1998 Annotation: In the current information age, Americans are bombarded daily with stories and images portraying a rising tide of violence. Drawing on media that includes television, newspaper, fiction, film, painting and photography, as well as interviews and focus groups, Karen Cerulo explores the ways in which individuals think about, depict and evaluate violence. Moving beyond typical studies that focus on violent story content, "Deciphering Violence" decodes the role of story structure itself and how the sequencing of facts can systematically influence our moral judgements of violent acts. The book identifies institutionalized forms of violent storytelling and raises new possibilities both for decreasing public tolerance of violence and increasing social control of the phenomenon. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Media Studies - Social Science | Violence In Society |
| Dewey: 303.6 |
| LCCN: 97-37670 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.01" W x 9.01" (0.66 lbs) 202 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |