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Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research

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College-level collections strong in media history as well as education studies will find plenty to like with Children, Adolescents, and Media Violence: A Critical Look at the Research. Here are the analyses, studies and developmental perspective on media violence issues which focus on evaluating research with development in mind to identify the next research process step. Different forms of media violence, from animation to sports, are surveyed along with the major theories that explain the effects of such violence. Video games are included in chapters which will appeal to undergraduates and graduate students in a range of courses; from media history and communications to psychology and child development.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I ordered this book because I was doing a research paper over violent video games, but it turned out to be more helpful to my friend who was writing a research paper over violence in the media. This book covers a broad spectrum of detailed studies on the effects of violence in so many different arenas that affect children and adolescents. Very, very interesting read. I would definately recommend it to anyone.