Media Violence and its Effect on Aggression : : Assessing the Scientific Evidence /

Media Violence and its Effect on Aggression : : Assessing the Scientific Evidence / / Jonathan Freedman.

The scientific evidence does not support the notion that TV and film violence cause aggression in children or in anyone else. So argues Jonathan Freedman, based on his findings that far fewer than half of the scientific studies have found a causal connection between exposure to media violence and ag...

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Freedman, Jonathan,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2002
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Villain or Scapegoat? Media Violence and Aggression
  • 2. Method
  • 3. Survey Research: Are Exposure to Media Violence and Aggression Related?
  • 4. Laboratory Experiments: Controlled Research in the Laboratory
  • 5. Field Experiments
  • 6. Longitudinal Studies: The Effect of Early Exposure to Violent Media on Later Aggression
  • 7. With and Without Television: Comparing Communities That Have and Do Not Have Television
  • 8. Other Approaches to Assessing Causality
  • 9. Desensitization: Does Exposure to Media Violence Reduce Responsiveness to Subsequent Media Violence and/or Real Violence?
  • 10. Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • Index

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