Abstract
These are troubled times for British television. Accusations of left-wing bias made by leading Tories like Norman Tebbit have brought a promise from BBC Deputy Director-General, John Birt, of ‘more polite’ political interviewing. The murders in Hungerford and in Bristol have triggered a new moral panic. And, once again, television stands accused by the popular press of being the cause of violence... this time in the form of ‘Rambo-style’ killings.
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Collett, P. and Lamb, A. (1985) Watching People Watching Television (unpublished report to the IBA).
Eysenck, H. and Nias, D. (1980) Sex, Violence and the Media (Paladin).
Morley, D. (1986) Family Television (Comedia).
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© 1991 David Barrat, Chris Brown, Tony Cole, Peter de la Cour, David Cutler and Karim Murji, Roger Gomm, Patrick McNeill
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McNeill, P. (1991). The Impact of Television. In: Society Today 2. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12065-9_5
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