Channeling Violence. The Economic Market For Violent Television Programming

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publisher Place: Princeton
Publisher Year: 1998
Edition: First Edition

Description: 390 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. Hamilton Approaches Television Violence In The Same Way That Other Economists Approach The Problem Of Pollution: That Is,as An Example Of Market Failure.

Publishers Description: In this book, James Hamilton presents the first major theoretical and empirical examination of the market for television violence. Hamilton examines in detail the microstructure of incentives that operate at every level of television broadcasting, from programming and advertising to viewer behavior, so that remedies can be devised to reduce violent programming without restricting broadcasters' right to compete.

ISBN: 9780691048482