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The good podcast about bad media influences, investigating the bad faith arguments, dodgy data, and moral panics behind claims that the media influence our behaviour and manipulate our minds.
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Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
When two children murdered toddler James Bulger in 1993, the British media lost their damn minds and tried to blame a horror video. Rich tells Ben that this argument really started a decade earlier with the “video nasties” panic. Join us as we unravel a tangled web of sensationalism, fraudulent research, and some truly bizarre claims about dogs.
Show Notes:
Links and references:
Bailey, Susan (1996) “Adolescents who murder,” Journal of Adolescence, 19, 19-39.
Barker, Martin and Julian Petley, eds. (2001) Ill Effects: The Media/Violence Debate. Routledge. (Especially Barker’s chapter on the Newson Report)
Barker, Martin, ed. (1984) Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Media. Pluto Press. (Check out Brian Brown’s chapter for the incredible full story about Clifford Hill’s research)
Barlow, Geoffrey and Alison Hill, eds. (1985) Video Violence and Children. Hodder & Stoughton.
Cumberbatch, Guy (1994) “Legislating mythology: Video violence and children,” Journal of Mental Health, 3:4, 485-494.
Newson, Elizabeth (1994) “Video violence and the protection of children,” Journal of Mental Health, 3:2, 221-227
[Video] 'Suitable For Viewing In The Home ?' (Video Censorship & Video Nasties Documentary). YouTube.
[Film] Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010). Dir. Jake West.
Note: Journal articles are often behind paywalls. If you don't have institutional access but would like a copy of these papers please email Illeffectspod@gmail.com and we will happily send you a copy.
Credits:
Hosts – Rich McCulloch and Ben Litherland
Music by - Brutalust (Colin Frank and Maria Sappho), recorded and mixed by Joe Christman
Creative producer – Rachel Wood
Technical producer – Caroline Pringle
Technical production – Colin Frank
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Welcome to ILL EFFECTS - the good podcast about bad media influences. Can a horror film turn kids into killers? Can music make you more productive? Can a video game cause dangerous driving? Dr Rich McCulloch and Dr Ben Litherland investigate the bad faith arguments, dodgy data, and moral panics behind claims that the media influence our behaviour and manipulate our minds. Each episode they take a deep dive into the past and present of the media that have been said to cause any number of effects, researching music, video games, movies, books, toys, and more. What power does the media really have? Find out in the first series of bi-weekly discussions of Ill Effects. First two episodes released 29th February 2024
ILL EFFECTS
Can a horror film turn kids into killers? Can music make you more productive? Can a video game cause dangerous driving? Dr Rich McCulloch and Dr Ben Litherland investigate the bad faith arguments, dodgy data, and moral panics behind claims that the media influence our behaviour and manipulate our minds. Each episode they take a deep dive into the past and present of the media that have been said to cause any number of effects, researching music, video games, movies, books, toys, and more. What power does the media really have? Find out in the first series of bi-weekly discussions of Ill Effects.