Media Violence and Aggression: Science and Ideology"Media Violence and Aggression is a thoughtful and sophisticated work that dismantles the core assumptions of the media violence hypothesis piece by piece...This book makes several core contributions to the discussion on media violence effects above those seen in other critical works." —Christopher J. Ferguson, PsycCRITIQUES The authors of Media Violence and Aggression: Science and Ideology, Tom Grimes, James A. Anderson, and Lori Bergen, are determined to leave no stone unturned, no perspectives unexplored, no names left unnamed of those in the field with whom, on both empirical and theoretical grounds, they strenuously disagree. It is an engaging book that needed to be and is up close and personal. In so doing, they have produced what may be the most comprehensive critique and rebuttal to date of the omnipresent media-violence and aggression argument." —JOURNAL OF MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY Media Violence and Aggression: Science and Ideology provides a multimethod critique of the media violence/social aggression myth. It provides policy makers and students with information to understand why the violence/media aggression hypothesis does not explain or predict how most people react to what they see and hear in the media. Authors Tom Grimes, James A. Anderson, and Lori Bergen take the reader through a history of media effects research, pointing out where that research has made claims that go beyond empirical evidence. Key Features
Intended Audience This is an ideal text for graduate courses such as Mass Communication Theory, Media and Society, Media Effects, and Research Methods in Media in the departments of communication, media studies, journalism, sociology, cultural studies, and political science. It is also vital reading for scholars, researcher, and policy makers interested in media effects. |
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... late Congress took up the issues of media content . But perhaps there was no need . Congress had passed the racially toxic Sims Act of 1912 , banning box- ing films in response to African American boxer Jack Johnson's crushing of more ...
... late Congress took up the issues of media content . But perhaps there was no need . Congress had passed the racially toxic Sims Act of 1912 , banning box- ing films in response to African American boxer Jack Johnson's crushing of more ...
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... late a kind of metric one can apply to media violence exposure : " Just as every cigarette increases the chance that someday you will get lung cancer , every exposure to [ media ] violence increases the chances that someday a child will ...
... late a kind of metric one can apply to media violence exposure : " Just as every cigarette increases the chance that someday you will get lung cancer , every exposure to [ media ] violence increases the chances that someday a child will ...
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... late 1970s . Therefore , this shift to the absolutist , generalized effect argument was not motivated by new discoveries or better methodologies in the study of media violence . That is , the evidence for a connection between the ...
... late 1970s . Therefore , this shift to the absolutist , generalized effect argument was not motivated by new discoveries or better methodologies in the study of media violence . That is , the evidence for a connection between the ...
Contents
Setting the Stage 1 | 27 |
The Epistemology of Media Effects | 53 |
The Social Scientific Theory That Never Quite Fit | 73 |
Copyright | |
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