Record details

• ISBN: 0737731052
• ISBN: 0737731060
• ISBN: 9780737731057
• ISBN: 9780737731064
• Physical Description: 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: Detroit : Thomson/Gale, [2005]
• Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Does popular culture have value? Reality TV fosters connections between people / Heather Havrilesky ; Reality TV fosters sadism / Michael Goodspeed ; Violent video games can promote an understanding of human nature / Thom Gillespie ; Violent video games promote violence / Jack Thompson ; Rap music provides a realistic view of life / Carl S. Taylor and Virgil Taylor ; Rap music harms the black community / John McWhorter -- 2. Is popular culture too coarse? Television programming has become increasingly coarse / Jonathan S. Adelstein ; Cultural conservatives exaggerate the coarseness of television programming / Carl F. Horowitz ; Radio broadcasting has become increasingly vulgar / Frank Absher ; Efforts to censor radio vulgarity are misguided / Neal Boortz ; Rap music's focus on pimps harms society / Clarence Page ; Rap music's focus on pimps does not harm society / Mark Anthony Neal ; Popular culture encourages girls to wear revealing clothing / Jared Jackson ; Revealing teen fashions do not harm children / Rhonda Hollen ; Federal Communications Commission should crack down on TV obscenity / L. Brent Bozell III ; Federal Communications Commission should not crack down on TV obscenity / Doug Casey -- 3. Is popular culture too violent? Media violence promotes violent behavior / Ed Donnerstein ; Media violence promotes healthy behavior / Gerard Jones ; Professional wrestling promotes violent behavior / Jackson Katz and Sut Jhally ; Professional wrestling is harmless drama / Ray Deonandan ; Violent rap lyrics are not a significant contributor to violent behavior / Pat Stack ; Violent rap lyrics can encourage violent behavior / Brent Morrison -- 4. What values does popular culture promote? Movie industry fosters anti-religious attitudes / Don Feder ; Movie industry has begun to foster respect for religion / Barbara Nicolosi ; Television promotes acceptance of homosexuality / Albert Mohler ; Television encourages viewers to reject homosexuals / Abigail Graber ; Popular culture promotes acceptance of pornography / Dave Berg ; Acceptance of pornography may be decreasing / Elizabeth Nickson ; Playboy magazine legitimized pornography / Sheila Gibbons ; Playboy magazine is harmless / Catherine Seipp.

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Subject:

Mass media > United States.
Popular culture > United States.
Violence in mass media.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.

Genre:

Young adult literature.

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