TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grimes, Tom 
AU  -  Anderson,James A
AU  - Bergen, Lori A 
TI  - Media violence and aggression
U1  - 303.6 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - Sage Publications, 
N1  - 	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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