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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Page 73
... theories seem to confuse things more than they elucidate them . Theories in the social sciences are often formulated through laboratory research . But that's only one way to develop a theory . There are other ways that don't rely on ...
... theories seem to confuse things more than they elucidate them . Theories in the social sciences are often formulated through laboratory research . But that's only one way to develop a theory . There are other ways that don't rely on ...
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... theory , where all constituent theories comple- ment rather than contradict or obstruct one another , would lend a seamless- ness to the cosmological sciences that does not now exist . Physicists understand the need for a unifying theory ...
... theory , where all constituent theories comple- ment rather than contradict or obstruct one another , would lend a seamless- ness to the cosmological sciences that does not now exist . Physicists understand the need for a unifying theory ...
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... theories that have been used to justify the causal hypothesis ( Huesmann et al . , 2003 ) —learning theory , excitation transfer theory ( Zillmann , 1979 , 1983 ) , arousal theory ( Berkowitz , 1993 ) -does not explain why the array of ...
... theories that have been used to justify the causal hypothesis ( Huesmann et al . , 2003 ) —learning theory , excitation transfer theory ( Zillmann , 1979 , 1983 ) , arousal theory ( Berkowitz , 1993 ) -does not explain why the array of ...
Contents
Setting the Stage 1 | 27 |
The Epistemology of Media Effects | 53 |
The Social Scientific Theory That Never Quite Fit | 73 |
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