Citation

Podoll K, Ebel H. Fortschr. Neurol. Psychiatr. 1998; 66(9): 402-406.

Vernacular Title

Psychiatrische Beitrage zur Kinodebatte der Stummfilmara in Deutschland.

Affiliation

Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinischen Fakultät, RWTH Aachen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-2007-995278

PMID

9782419

Abstract

Literary writers and scientists of various disciplines have contributed to debates about the silent movie in the 10s and 20s in Germany, leading to basic insights into the structure and effects of the new film medium. Psychiatric authors of the documented period have elaborated propositions towards a theory of film perception and analyses of different possibly nocuous film effects. The hypothesis of a causal effect of the film medium on violence and the notion of a transmission of suicidal behaviour by fictitious film models are still controversially discussed.

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