Moderated by Alice Reich. Hayden White begins by talking about how violence is regarded as a necessary condition for the transformation of society. White explains why violence in the media is socially less revolutionary than pornography. Lonny Myers explains what violence does to people and morality in terms of the media. Roger Ebert talks about the esthetics of violence and the ethical nature of violent content in the media. Ebert then answers a question on why violence is more cinematic than sex. Melvin Howards talks about how there can be two types of violence, the verbal and the nonverbal type.
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Moderated by Alice Reich. Hayden White begins by talking about how violence is regarded as a necessary condition for the transformation of society. White explains why violence in the media is socially less revolutionary than pornography. Lonny Myers explains what violence does to people and morality in terms of the media. Roger Ebert talks about the esthetics of violence and the ethical nature of violent content in the media. Ebert then answers a question on why violence is more cinematic than sex. Melvin Howards talks about how there can be two types of violence, the verbal and the nonverbal type.
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