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100	1		_aGrimes, Tom, _d1951- _932368
245	1	0	_aMedia violence and aggression : _bscience and ideology / _cTom Grimes, James A. Anderson, Lori Bergen.
260			_aThousand Oaks : _bSAGE, _cc2008.
300			_axi, 268 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) and index.
505	0		_aSetting the stage: why this book is needed -- A short history of the concept of effects: the people who raised concerns about the media's putative effect on society -- The epistemology of media effects: the way different scholars view the world in which they live often predicts the initial approach they take to doing research -- The social scientific "theory" that never quite fit: why the media violence/social aggression theory isn't compatible with the rest of behavioral science theory (or with common sense) -- Is it just science? Or is it ideology as well? -- The world according to causationists: what the world would be like if the causationists were right -- The biggest cultural variable of all: the Child Careful! and watch out for the children -- The role of psychopathology in the media violence/aggression equation: a return to psychological and cultural conditionals as boundaries for assessing media effects -- The attempt to make an ideology a science: when well-meaning people try to "science-ize" an ideology, confusion and foggy thinking reign -- To legislate or not to legislate against media violence: what policy makers need to know -- References -- Index.
650		0	_aViolence in mass media. _913523
700	1		_aAnderson, James A. _q(James Arthur), _d1939- _918583
700	1		_aBergen, Lori A., _d1958- _932369
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