This definitive examination of this important social topic asks questions such as: How much media violence is there? What are the meanings conveyed in the way v

Counters the claim that media violence leads to widespread social aggression. Dispelling this myth through a multiple-method analysis, this work argues that the

Does violence on a movie, TV, or computer screen or in a song lyric beget violence in the streets? What about aggression and violence in televised sporting even

Media and Violence pays equal attention to the production, content and reception involved in any representation of violence. This book offers a framework for un

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 ch