Popular culture : opposing viewpoints /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Thomson/Gale,
[2005]
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| Series: | Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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
- The federal Communications Commission should crack down on TV obscenity / L. Brent Bozell III
- The Federal Communications Commission should not crack down on TV obscenity / Doug Casey
- 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
- The movies industry fosters anti-religious attitudes / Don Feder
- The 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