Media violence and children: a complete guide for parents and professionals/ edited by Douglas A. Gentile. - Westport, CT : Praeger, c2003. - xi, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The proliferation of media violence and its economic underpinnings / Bruce D. Bartholow, Karen E. Dill, Kathryn B. Anderson, James F. Lindsay --
Developmental approaches to understanding media effects on individuals / Douglas A. Gentile, Arturo Sesma Jr. --
Media effects on societies and communities / Tannis M. MacBeth --
Television violence / Victor C. Strasburger, Barbara J. Wilson --
Theory in the study of media violence : the general aggression model / Nicholas L. Carnagey, Craig A. Anderson --
The case against the case against media violence / L. Rowell Huesmann, Laramie D. Taylor --
Violent video games : the newest media violence hazard / Douglas A. Gentile, Craig A. Anderson --
The effects of violent music on children and adolescents / Donald E. Roberts, Peter G. Christenson, Douglas A. Gentile --
Children's and adolescents' exposure to different kinds of media violence : recurring choices and recurring themes / Jennifer A. Kotler, Sandra L. Calvert --
Media and fear in children and adolescents / Joanne Cantor --
Meta-analyzing the controversy over television violence and aggression / George Comstock, Erica Scharrer --
The road to the V-chip : television violence and public policy / Dale Kunkel --
The frontiers of media research / W. James Potter.

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Children and violence.
Violence in mass media.
Child Development.
Mass Media.

303.6 / GEN/M