Mayhem: Violence as Public Entertainment

" While almost everyone has a strong opinion about the profusion of violence - in film, TV, video games, and online - paralysis sets in when it comes to action.  The issue is seen as a hopeless standoff between free speech and preserving public morality.

Mayhem lays out the arguments and weighs the evidence on each side: the desensitization, fear and addiction that concern psychologists, pediatricians, and religious groups on the one hand, and on the other, the threat of censorship invoked by journalists, civil libertarians, and the entertainment industry." ~excerpt from the book jacket of Mayhem