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_aMedia violence and aggression/ _cTom Grimes,James A Anderson and Lori A Bergen |
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_aLos Angeles: _bSage Publications, _c2008. |
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300 | _axi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm | ||
505 | _a Setting the stage : why this book is needed -- A short history of the concept of effects : the people who raised concerns about the media's putative effect on society -- The epistemology of media effects : the way different scholars view the world in which they live often predicts the initial approach they take to doing research -- The social scientific "theory" that never quite fit : why the media violence/social aggression theory isn't compatible with the rest of behavioral science theory (or with common sense) -- Is it just science? Or is it ideology as well? -- The world according to causationists : what the world would be like if the causationists were right -- The biggest cultural variable of all : the Child Careful! and watch out for the children -- The role of psychopathology in the media violence/aggression equation : a return to psychological and cultural conditionals as boundaries for assessing media effects -- The attempt to make an ideology a science : when well-meaning people try to "science-ize" an ideology, confusion and foggy thinking reign -- To legislate or not to legislate against media violence : what policy makers need to know -- References -- Index. | ||
700 | _a Anderson,James A | ||
700 | _aBergen, Lori A | ||
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