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Media violence and aggression : science and ideology /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Grimes, Tom
Outros autores: Anderson, James A., Bergen, Lori A.
Formato: Printed Book
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2008.
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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.