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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154647003321

Autore

Kirsh Steven J

Titolo

Children, adolescents, and media violence [[electronic resource] ] : a critical look at the research / / Steven J. Kirsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2006

ISBN

0-7619-2975-4

1-4522-3608-9

1-322-28289-7

1-4522-2216-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 409 p.) : ill

Disciplina

302.23083

Soggetti

Mass media and children

Mass media and teenagers

Children and violence

Youth and violence

Violence in mass media

Aggressiveness in children

Aggressiveness in adolescence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-379) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I - Understanding Aggression; Chapter 1 - There and Back Again: A Media Violence Tale; Chapter 2 - Exposing the Beast Within: Aggressive Behavior Across Development; Chapter 3 - Understanding the Beast Within: Theories of Aggressive Behavior; Chapter 4 - Dining on Death and Destruction: The How Much and Why of Violent Media Consumption; Part II: Effects of Specific Forms of Violent Media on Youth; Chapter 5 - Violent Media and the Need to Feel Strong and Powerful; Chapter 6 - Watching the Playful Beast: Sports Violence and Aggression

Chapter 7 - Violence-Laden Imagination: Comic Books, Fiction, and ToysChpater 8 - Animating the Beast: Cartoon Violence; Chapter 9 - Listening to the Beast: Violence in Music and Music Videos; Chapter 10 - Watching the Beast: Live-Action Television and Movie Violence; Chapter 11 - Playing With the Beast: Violent Video Games; Part III:



Media Violence and the Concept of Risk; Chapter 12 - Aggressive Behavior: Risk and Protective Factors; Chapter 13 - The Threat of Media Violence: Assessing Its Magnitude and Reducing Its Effects; Chapter 14 - Policy, Violent Entertainment, and Youth

Part IV - Nonviolent Media and YouthChapter 15 - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Effects of Nonviolent Media on Children and Adolescents; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Kirsh provides a review and critique of the literature related to media violence in all its forms during childhood and adolescence. Special attention is paid to evaluating the role of the development processes in media violence research and to stressing the importance of methodology in understanding that research.