Media violence and aggression : science and ideology
- Author/Creator:
- Grimes, Tom, 1951-
- Publication/Creation:
- Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [2008]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Media violence and aggression : science and ideology / Tom Grimes, James A. Anderson, Lori Bergen
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Anderson, James A. (James Arthur), 1939-
Bergen, Lori A., 1958-
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Violence in mass media
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- 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.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Related Resources Link:
- Table of contents only
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990007281920302486
- ISBN:
- 141291440X (cloth)
1412914418 (pbk.)
9781412914406 (cloth)
9781412914413 (pbk.) - OCLC Number:
- 123390925
- Barcode:
- 010001272943
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