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Violence means the violation of territories, whether political or psychic, physical or moral… To invade the private person, or to invade a group with teaching, with doctrines, with entertainment, all these are alike forms of violence.
“Violence of the Media” (1976), in MM Man and His Message (1989), p 91
Year: 1976
Chapter: Violence
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