Good Documentaries?

Out of context: Reply #200

  • Started
  • Last post
  • 367 Responses
  • sofas1

    http://thoughtmaybe.com/the-kill…
    (right click the screen to download if the streeming sucks)

    The Killing Screens

    Robert Dinozzi, Sut Jhally 1994 40:37

    "By addressing the question of violence and the media from a number of different angles, The Killing Screens presents a comprehensive view on how to think about the effects of the media environment in new and complex ways. In contrast to the relatively simplistic behaviourist model, that “media violence causes real-world violence,” renowned media scholar and researcher George Gerbner shows us how to think about the psychological, political, social, and developmental impacts of growing up and living within a cultural environment of pervasive violent imagery and narratives. What are some of the impacts of this culture and what can be done about it?"

View thread