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Viewer Discretion Advised shows where our media has gone wrong and what we can do about it. Established media critic Jeffrey McCall illustrates the problems with much of contemporary media content, why it is this way, how to better manage children's media use, how to become more critical audience members, and more. It also includes a helpful chapter on how readers can actively challenge media companies. Stop complaining about media content-change it!

Ed Shane here traces a change in the American pervasive mass media that once disseminated information quickly and stimulated mass cultural response, to a de-massified individual media that incubate a new electronic narcissicism, producing an inwardly-focused society

This book examines race, media, and ownership diversity and argues that growing conglomerate media ownership hinders the diversity of voices and content. The focus on minority media ownership and the declining presence of minority media owners addresses a variety of social and political concerns connected to communication policy development.

Argues that broadcast journalists have contributed to growing public cynicism about democratic institutions, and weakened the democratic process.

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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The History of Mass Shootings -- What is a Mass Shooting? -- Mass Shootings in US History -- Mass Shootings as Terrorism -- Chapter Two: Major Mass Shootings in the United States -- Columbine High School -- Virginia Tech -- Fort Hood -- Sandy Hook -- Oak Creek and Charleston -- Pulse Nightclub and San Bernardino -- Chapter Three: The Psychology of Mass Shootings -- Mass Shooters -- Mental Health -- Chapter Four: Issues Around Mass Shootings -- The Second Amendment -- Personal Privacy -- Radicalization -- Chapter Five: How Can We Fight Mass Shootings? -- Mass Shootings Versus Terrorism -- Counterterrorism -- Gun Control -- The Media -- Chapter Six: The Future of Mass Shootings -- Timeline -- Glossary -- For More Information -- For Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Photo Credits -- Back Cover