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panic theory, which gives them an alternative interpretation.
Therefore, the second distinctive feature of this paper is the
theory-based analysis of the report on the violent influence of
films.
Dismissing the culpability of cinematography for any
social wrongdoing and insisting that the film representation of
violence mirrors social events, a clear position was adopted in a
vigorous debate on the influence of violent media content on the
viewers. Stanley Cohen’s moral panic theory, formulated as part
of the British culture studies, has provided considerable support
for this position.
The first chapter represents the theoretical component
of the paper, which outlines the moral panic theory, deals with
the basic characteristics of the film representation of violence
and discusses its influence on the audience. One of the main
characteristics of film representation is the impression of reality.
This feature refers to the experience of the cinema theatre
audience, who, affected by both the audio and the visual sensation
at the screening of a film, identify themselves with the on-screen
world of fiction. This quality has accompanied the film ever
since its earlIest days and has been the cause of strict censorship
imposed on this medium. Due to this effect impersonations of
film characters have been known to happen, typically in the
cases of immature or even deranged individuals. Especially
perturbing instances have been those of people re-enacting the
scenes of violence they had witnessed earlier on film. However,
simplistic analyses of the connection between the film violence
and real-life violence have been more closely scrutinized and
a more adequate understanding of these phenomena has been
developed. Finally, the first chapter looks into the relationship
between genre and film violence, as well as the factors that
influence its representation.
The second chapter of this paper, which focuses on
violence of the classical Hollywood period, outlines the moral
standards of an era which denied the film its freedom of
expression, deeming it too dangerous and powerful. Authorities
of social control, fearing the film could rock the foundations of
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