Is media violence a problem?
By: Stefan Kiesbye, book editor.
Contributors: Kiesbye, Stefan.
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737748864; 9780737748871
Subjects: Violence in mass media; Mass media -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Media violence causes aggression in children / Gina Simmons; title: Media violence does not cause aggressive behavior in children / Jonathan Freedman; title: Viewer's responses to violent media are complex and varied / David Trend; title: Movies don't facilitate violence; title: gun laws do / James Rocchi; title: Violent video games might be to blame for violent behavior / Mark and Keisha Hoerner; title: Violent video games are not to blame for violent behavior / Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson; title: Violent video games are harmful to young people / William and Martha Sears; title: Condemnations of media violence are often simplistic and misguided / Henry Jenkins; title: Violent media do not teach a Christian worldview / Kerby Anderson; title: Media violence makes torture acceptable to viewers / A. S. Hamrah; title: The FCC should regulate violence on television / Christian Science Monitor; title: The FCC should not regulate violence on television / Nick Gillespie; title: Researchers have failed to prove that media violence merits policy changes / Edward Castronova.