Barker, Martin; Petley, Julian

Ill Effects argues that the question of media influence needs to be debated by those with a clearer understanding of how audiences and media interact with one another.

Introduction , Barker Martin, Petley Julian; Chapter 1 The Newson Report, Barker Martin; Chapter 2 The Worrying Influence of 'Media Effects' Studies, David Gauntlett; Chapter 3 Electronic Child Abuse?, David Buckingham; Chapter 4 Living for Libido; or, 'Child's Play IV', Patricia Holland; Chapter 5 Just what the Doctors Ordered?, Sara Bragg; Chapter 6 Once More with Feeling, Sue Turnbull; Chapter 7 I was a Teenage Horror Fan, Mark Kermode (Age 36); Chapter 8 'Looks Like it Hurts', Annette Hill; Chapter 9 Reservoirs of Dogma, Graham Murdoch; Chapter 10 Us and Them, Julian Petley; Chapter 11 Invasion of the Internet Abusers, Thomas Craig, Julian Petley; Chapter 12 On the Problems of Being a 'Trendy Travesty', Martin Julian, Petley Julian;