Grimes, Tom,  1951- <br/><br/>
Media violence and aggression :  science and ideology / 
 Science and ideology 
Tom Grimes, James A. Anderson, Lori Bergen. 
 - xi, 268 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index. 
<br/><br/>Setting the stage -- A short history of the concept of effects -- The epistemology of media effects -- The social scientific "theory" that never quite fit -- Is it just science? / James A. Anderson and Janet W. Colvin -- The world according to causationists -- The biggest cultural variable of all : the child -- The role of psychopathology in the media violence/aggression equation -- The attempt to make an ideology a science -- To legislate or not to legislate against media violence. 
<br/><br/> "Media Violence and Aggression: Science and Ideology provides a multimethod critique of the media violence/social aggression myth. It provides policy makers and students with information to understand why the media violence/social aggression hypothesis will not explain or predict how most people react to what they see and hear in the media. Authors Tom Grimes, James A. Anderson, and Lori Bergen take the reader through a history of media effects research, pointing out where that research has made claims that go beyond empirical evidence."--Jacket. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>141291440X 1412914418 9781412914406 9781412914413 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007014778 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Violence in mass media
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P96.V5  / G74 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.6