Media Violence and Children
Subtitle: A Complete Guide for Parents and Professionals (Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: November 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780275979560
Subjects: Social Science; Sociology; Children's Studies; Media Studies; Violence in Society; Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology; Sociology - General; Children and violence; Violence in mass media
First sentence: Violence in entertainment is as old as civilization itself.
Table of contents: title: The proliferation of media violence and its economic underpinnings / Bruce D. Bartholow, Karen E. Dill, Kathryn B. Anderson, James F. Lindsay; title: Developmental approaches to understanding media effects on individuals / Douglas A. Gentile, Arturo Sesma Jr.; title: Media effects on societies and communities / Tannis M. MacBeth; title: Television violence / Victor C. Strasburger, Barbara J. Wilson; title: Theory in the study of media violence : the general aggression model / Nicholas L. Carnagey, Craig A. Anderson; title: The case against the case against media violence / L. Rowell Huesmann, Laramie D. Taylor; title: Violent video games : the newest media violence hazard / Douglas A. Gentile, Craig A. Anderson; title: The effects of violent music on children and adolescents / Donald E. Roberts, Peter G. Christenson, Douglas A. Gentile; title: Children's and adolescents' exposure to different kinds of media violence : recurring choices and recurring themes / Jennifer A. Kotler, Sandra L. Calvert; title: Media and fear in children and adolescents / Joanne Cantor; title: Meta-analyzing the controversy over television violence and aggression / George Comstock, Erica Scharrer; title: The road to the V-chip : television violence and public policy / Dale Kunkel; title: The frontiers of media research / W. James Potter