摘要：Violence has always been a companion to human history, and through the ages it has managed
to sneak into the different forms of narration (either oral, written, musical or visual) and spectacle: from
Greek tragedies to Shakespearian drama, from the grand operas to the fables of Perrault and the Grimm
brothers. Such is one of the objections often put forward by media professionals when accused of pushing
violent contents. This argument joins several (often contradictory) others, held in the face of media
violence by researchers, producers or by the public opinion: positions ranging from an unconditional
condemnation to an absolution due to the fact that media violence would be no more than the reflection of
social reality, to a defence of the cathartic role played by the representation of violence.
