Media Violence and Christian Ethics by Jolyon Mitchell (English) Paperback Book

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How can audiences interact creatively, wisely and peaceably with the many different forms of violence found throughout today's media? Mitchell argues that practices such as hospitality, friendship, witness and worship provide resources for viewers to remember and to reframe both spectacular and hidden violence in ways that can promote peace.

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How can audiences interact creatively, wisely and peaceably with the many different forms of violence found throughout today's media? Suicide attacks, graphic executions and the horrors of war appear in news reports, films, websites, and even on mobile phones. One approach towards media violence is to attempt to protect viewers; another is to criticise journalists, editors, film-makers and their stories. In this book Jolyon Mitchell highlights Christianity's ambiguous relationship with media violence. He goes beyond debates about the effects of watching mediated violence to examine how audiences, producers and critics interact with news images, films, video-games and advertising. He argues that practices such as hospitality, friendship, witness and worship can provide the context where both spectacular and hidden violence can be remembered and reframed. This can help audiences to imagine how their own identities and communities can be based not upon violence, but upon a more lasting foundation of peace.

Author Biography

Jolyon Mitchell is Senior Lecturer, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh and a former World Service producer and journalist.

Table of Contents

Introduction: regarding media violence; Part I. Media Realities?: 1. Remembering violent news; 2. Reframing news; 3. Re-envisaging photojournalism; Part II. Media Fantasies?: 4. Reviewing violent films; 5. Reinterpreting films and video games; 6. Reappraising advertisements; 7. Redescribing media violence.

Review

Review of the hardback: 'Jolyon Mitchell has written a genuinely important and ground-breaking book. Using a wide variety of evidence, and ranging widely across time and space, he explores the immensely complex relationship between Christianity and media violence. The result is a book rich in original insights, and one that combines great erudition with relentlessly probing discussion. The book deserves a very wide readership embracing, among others, theologians, sociologists, historians, and anyone interested in the contemporary media.' Dr David Smith, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge Review of the hardback: 'In this stimulating, vivid, and constructive book, Dr Mitchell explores dimensions of the continuing Christian engagement with violence in various forms, particularly as this engagement is affected and shaped by contemporary media. This book makes an original and timely contribution to understanding not only how journalists, producers and directors depict violence, but also how audiences can develop creative, critical and peaceable practices for interacting wisely with media violence. Dr Mitchell is an outstanding practical theologian and scholar of media, religion and culture, who draws effectively on his own professional experience of the media and scholarly expertise in communication. The result is a rigorous and fascinating study which should be widely read by academics, students and practitioners who will all find that it enlarges their vision and sparks off serious debate. Media Violence and Christian Ethics is both challenging and fascinating, full of serious theological and historical reflection on significant cases.' Professor Duncan B. Forrester, Emeritus Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology, The University of Edinburgh Review of the hardback: 'There is a well-balanced and illuminating discussion on the issue whether violence on television stimulates violence in society.... a valuable stimulus to preaching that is ready to engage with contemporary life.' The Times Literary Supplement Review of the hardback: 'There is a well-balanced and illuminating discussion on the issue of whether violence on television stimulates violence in society. ... What he has to say could be a valuable stimulus to preaching that is ready to engage with contemporary life.' Church of England Newspaper Review of the hardback: 'Mitchell's book is a brilliant and significant contribution to the emerging conversation taking place at the intersection of media studies, Christian ethics, and practical theology. Students, scholars, and thoughtful Christians interested in any one of these fields must read this book.' Mary E. Hess, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota Review of the hardback: 'This is a perceptive and stimulating examination of violence in the many media to which we are constantly exposed. ... A refreshing, humane and enthralling study.' The Right Reverend John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford Review of the hardback: 'In a short review it is simply not possible to do justice to the wealth of material contained in this book. In each section we are taken through detailed research findings in a way which is knowledgeable and discriminating. Not only so but the author writes in an accessible and attractive way.' John Eldridge, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Glasgow Review of the hardback: 'A refreshing, humane and enthralling study.' Insights Review of the hardback: 'Mitchell's argument is informed throughout by a wealth of examples, but the book is also outstanding in its ability to combine a comprehensive coverage of literature in media ethics, film studies and cultural theory with a strongly sustained and nuanced theological reflection.' Theology

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'This is a perceptive and stimulating examination of violence in the many media to which we are constantly exposed. ... A refreshing, humane and enthralling study.' The Right Reverend John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford

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How can audiences interact creatively, wisely and peaceably with the many different forms of violence found throughout today's media? Mitchell argues that practices such as hospitality, friendship, witness and worship provide resources for viewers to remember and to reframe both spectacular and hidden violence in ways that can promote peace.

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How can audiences interact creatively, wisely and peaceably with the many different forms of violence found throughout today's media? Mitchell argues that practices such as hospitality, friendship, witness and worship provide resources for viewers to remember and to reframe both spectacular and hidden violence in ways that can promote peace.

Details ISBN0521011868 Author Jolyon Mitchell Publisher Cambridge University Press Series New Studies in Christian Ethics ISBN-10 0521011868 ISBN-13 9780521011860 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title MEDIA VIOLENCE & CHRISTIAN ETH Language English Media Book Series Number 30 Pages 348 DEWEY 241.65 Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-02-18 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2010-02-18 AU Release Date 2010-02-18 NZ Release Date 2010-02-18 We've got this

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