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Media violence and aggression/ Tom Grimes,James A Anderson and Lori A Bergen

By: Grimes, TomContributor(s): Anderson,James A | Bergen, Lori AMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008Description: xi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmDDC classification: 303.6

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	303.6 GRIM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P17338

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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.

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