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List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Preface xvii CHAPTER 1 Why Is Television Violence a Public Policy Issue? 3 CHAPTER 2 Adult Audiences: Who Watches Violent Programming'? 51 CHAPTER 3 Children as Viewers 76 CHAPTER 4 Programming Violence 129 CHAPTER 5 Advertising: Who Supports Violent Programming? 163 CHAPTER 6 Producer Incentives 211 CHAPTER 7 Local News as (Violent) Entertainment? 239 CHAPTER 8 Dealing with Television Violence: Politics and Policies 285 Notes 323 Bibliography 367 Index 385
Cowen et al. (1999) studied this question.