Laurie Taylor asks whether the spread of pornography into mainstream culture is an expression of new-found freedoms or a dangerous trend for society.
And in a week when the Israeli/Palestinian conflict has dominated the news, he talks to Greg Philo, Research Director, Media Unit, University of Glasgow, about his claims that TV news fails to inform young people about what's really going on.
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Brian McNair
Striptease Culture - sex, media and the democratisation of desire
Routledge
ISBN: 0415237343
Greg Philo's research will appear in Developments in Sociology, published May 2002 by Causeway Press.
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