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Motion Pictures As An Agent Of Socialization: A Comparative Content Analysis Of Demography Of Population On Indian Silver Screen And Reported Crime News In Pakistan (1976 To 2006), Erum Hafeez Aslam
Business Review
This study aims to examine and analyze role of motion pictures as an agent of socialization. It focuses the contribution of Indian movies to the increase of violent crimes and criminals in Pakistani society across the four decades (i.e. 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s) through favorable rather glamorized depiction of violence and perpetrators of violence. It is arbitrarily assumed that violence is often projected on silver screen as a quick and easy solution to social injustice and class discrimination in the blockbusters of Bollywood and Lollywood. Five top grossing Indian films selected through popularity charts and youth polls are thus …
Ideology Watch: Television As A Source Of Violence, Ibpp Editor
Ideology Watch: Television As A Source Of Violence, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article provides a commentary on a commonly accepted belief about the causal relationship between viewing televised violence and the viewer’s violent behavior.
Mass Media And Violence: Science As Ideology, Ideology As Science, Ibpp Editor
Mass Media And Violence: Science As Ideology, Ideology As Science, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article critiques a commonly promulgated belief that mass media-conveyed violence induces commensurate behavioral violence in its recipients.
Trends. The Effects Of Televised Violence: Anecdotal Data From Lebanon, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Effects Of Televised Violence: Anecdotal Data From Lebanon, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the effects of televised violence in Lebanon, and its impact on both Hezbollah and Israeli Defense Forces.