Violence attraction in cinema communication: definition, impact effect and its regulation

Author: Tarasov K.A.

Communicology. 2017. Vol.5. No.2
TARASOV Kirill Anatol ́evich, Doctor of Culturology, Professor at the Department of Sociology,
Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Moscow, Russian Federation.

Abstract. The communicational attraction of violence is considered as a commercially conditioned means of capturing the attention of the mass cinema audience. Some definitions of screen violence are analyzed. Adduced is empirical evidence for the dysfunctional effects of its impact on the rising generation. Touched upon are the related problems of media education.

Keywords: cinema, the public, mass communication, picture of the world, art, commerce,
violence attraction, impact effect, social regulation, media education.

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For citation: Tarasov K.A. Violence attraction in cinema communication: definition, impact
effect and its regulation. Communicology. Volume 5. No 2. Pp. 168-180 DOI 10.21453/2311–
3065-2017-5-2-168-180

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