Douglas A. Gentile

Media Violence and Children (eBook, ePUB)

A Complete Guide for Parents and Professionals

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Stripping away the hype, this book describes how, when, and why media violence can influence children of different ages, giving parents and teachers the power to maximize the media's benefits and minimize its harm. There are many opinions about media violence and children, but not all are supported by science. In this book, the top experts gather the latest results from 50 years of scientific study as the basis for a comprehensive, in-depth examination of the complex issues surrounding the effects of media violence of different types. Each chapter focuses on a particular issue of concern, including "hot" topics such as brain development, cyber-bullying, video games, and verbal aggression. Articles take into account factors such as economics, differences based on the ages of children, and differences between types of media violence. This book provides the information parents and those who work with families need to make the best choices. It includes chapters specifically relevant to the types of bullying schools have the most trouble identifying and controlling. Most importantly, the writing is both intelligent and accessible so that parents, educators, pediatricians, and policymakers can understand and apply the findings presented.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216116189
• Artikelnr.: 68334307

Autorenporträt

DOUGLAS A. GENTILE is Director of Research for the National Institute on Media and the Family. A developmental psychologist, he is also a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Iowa State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Michael Rich, MD, MPH Introduction Douglas A. Gentile Chapter 1
The Proliferation of Media Violence and Its Economic Underpinnings James J.
Lindsay, Karen E. Dill-Shackleford, Kathryn B. Anderson, and Bruce D.
Bartholow Chapter 2 Why Don't Media Violence Effects Look the Same on
Everyone?: Developmental Approaches to Understanding Media Effects Douglas
A. Gentile Chapter 3 The Broader Effects of Media on Children and Adults: A
Natural Experiment Tannis M. MacBeth Chapter 4 The Role of Theory in the
Study of Media Violence: The General Aggression Model Craig A. Anderson and
Nicholas L. Carnagey Chapter 5 Television Violence: Sixty Years of Research
Victor C. Strasburger and Barbara J. Wilson Chapter 6 Media and Fear in
Children and Adolescents Joanne Cantor and Karyn Riddle Chapter 7 Meanness
and Manipulation in the Media: Portrayals and Effects of Viewing Relational
Aggression in the Media Sarah M. Coyne and Laura Stockdale Chapter 8
Violent Video Game Effects on Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, Physiology,
and Behavior Craig A. Anderson and Douglas A. Gentile Chapter 9
Cyberbullying Susan P. Limber, Robin M. Kowalski, and Patricia W. Agatston
Chapter 10 The Effects of Violent and Antisocial Music on Children and
Adolescents Wayne A. Warburton, Donald F. Roberts, and Peter G. Christenson
Chapter 11 Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to the Study of Media Violence
Effects Bruce D. Bartholow and Tom A. Hummer Chapter 12 Answering the
Attacks on the Media Violence Consensus Laramie D. Taylor and L. Rowell
Huesmann Chapter 13 The Contribution of Meta-Analysis to the Controversy
over Television Violence and Aggression George Comstock, Erica Scharrer,
and Jack Powers Chapter 14 Media Violence and Public Policy: Where We Have
Been and Where We Should Go Next Douglas A. Gentile and John P. Murray
Chapter 15 The Frontiers of Media Violence Research W. James Potter About
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