Film Violence and the Institutionalization of the Cinema
Slocum, David J. 2000. In Social Research, 67 (3): 649-681.
An analysis of the political nature of violence in Hollywood as a recurring theme in times of national crisis. The article argues for the coexistence of the use of conflict as a means of reinforcing communal beliefs in a society of order, as well as violence in media as an instigator of change.