Media Violence and Its Effect on Aggression

by Freedman, Jonathan L.

• ISBN13: 9780802084255
• ISBN10: 0802084257
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Freedman argues that scientific evidence does not support the notion that TV and film violence causes aggression in children or in anyone else. A provocative challenge to the accepted norms in media studies and psychology.

Author Biography

Jonathan L. Freedman is Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Villain or Scapegoat? Media Violence and Aggression	3	(19)
Method	22	(11)
Survey Research: Are Exposure to Media and Violence Related?	33	(14)
Laboratory Experiments: Controlled Research in the Laboratory	47	(38)
Field Experiments	85	(23)
Longitudinal Studies: The Effect of Early Exposure to Violent Media on Later Aggression	108	(27)
With and Without Television: Comparing Communities That Have and Do Not Have and Do not have Television	135	(25)
Other Approaches to Assessing Causality	160	(16)
Desensitization: Does Exposure to Media Violence Reduce Responsiveness to Subsequent Media Violence and/or Real Violence?	176	(18)
Summary and Conclusions	194	(17)
References	211	(12)
Index	223