Bullies and mean girls in popular culture / Patrice A. Oppliger.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780786468652 (softcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0786468653 (softcover : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: viii, 282 pages ; 26 cm
- Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Copyright: �2013
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Bullies and the media -- Mean girls and the media -- Film bullies -- Film mean girls -- Television bullies -- Television mean girls -- Television sitcoms -- Glee's bullies and mean girls -- Documentaries and talk shows -- Television reality shows -- Children's programs -- Children's literature -- Alternative media -- Pro-social and anti-bullying messages -- Analysis and recommendations. |
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Subject: | Bullies in mass media. Bullying > Social aspects. Mass media and girls. Girls in popular culture. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | P 96 .B85 O67 2013 | 30775305468887 | General Collection | Available | - |
CHOICE_Magazine Review
Bullies and Mean Girls on Screen and in Print : A Critical Survey of Fictional Adolescent Aggression
CHOICE
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
This is a valuable book on an entrenched social problem. In contrast to the majority of books that address solutions to bullying, this study examines possible encouragement or reinforcement of bullying and "mean girl" behavior arising from popular culture--largely, in this study, in film and television. (The one chapter on alternative media, although useful, could have been developed more.) Oppliger (mass communication, Boston Univ.) strongly disputes the US Department of Health and Human Services' official definition of bullying behavior, which it describes as impulsive, hotheaded, and dominant. Instead, she argues that bullying behavior is deliberate, repeated, and largely unprovoked. The author separates into their own chapters bullying and mean-girl attacks, since each gender employs different attack techniques. In a concluding chapter, she recommends specific children's books that seek to empower children in dealing with bullying and mean-girl actions directed both at themselves and at other children. Certain positive films and videos are suggested for adolescents who are more likely to accept visual media and celebrity counsel. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. M. R. Grant emerita, Wheaton College